βάσκανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Connected with βάσκειν (báskein, “to slander”), which is probably from βάζω (bázō, “to speak, say”), but might be related to Latin fascinum (“witchcraft, penis”) in which case both would derive from a European substrate language.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bás.ka.nos/ → /ˈβas.ka.nos/ → /ˈvas.ka.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bás.ka.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.ka.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβas.ka.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.ka.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.ka.nos/

Adjective

βάσκᾰνος • (báskanos) m or f (neuter βάσκᾰνον); second declension

1. slanderous, envious, malignant

Inflection

Second declension of βάσκᾰνος; βάσκᾰνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βάσκᾰνος báskanos	βάσκᾰνον báskanon		βασκᾰ́νω baskánō	βασκᾰ́νω baskánō		βάσκᾰνοι báskanoi	βάσκᾰνᾰ báskana
Genitive		βασκᾰ́νου baskánou	βασκᾰ́νου baskánou		βασκᾰ́νοιν baskánoin	βασκᾰ́νοιν baskánoin		βασκᾰ́νων baskánōn	βασκᾰ́νων baskánōn
Dative		βασκᾰ́νῳ baskánōi	βασκᾰ́νῳ baskánōi		βασκᾰ́νοιν baskánoin	βασκᾰ́νοιν baskánoin		βασκᾰ́νοις baskánois	βασκᾰ́νοις baskánois
Accusative		βάσκᾰνον báskanon	βάσκᾰνον báskanon		βασκᾰ́νω baskánō	βασκᾰ́νω baskánō		βασκᾰ́νους baskánous	βάσκᾰνᾰ báskana
Vocative		βάσκᾰνε báskane	βάσκᾰνον báskanon		βασκᾰ́νω baskánō	βασκᾰ́νω baskánō		βάσκᾰνοι báskanoi	βάσκᾰνᾰ báskana
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		βασκᾰ́νως baskánōs			βασκᾰνώτερος baskanṓteros			βασκᾰνώτᾰτος baskanṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

βάσκᾰνος • (báskanos) m (genitive βασκᾰ́νου); second declension

1. slanderer, tale-bearer
2. sorcerer

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βάσκᾰνος; τοῦ βασκᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βάσκᾰνος ho báskanos	τὼ βασκᾰ́νω tṑ baskánō	οἱ βάσκᾰνοι hoi báskanoi
Genitive	τοῦ βασκᾰ́νου toû baskánou	τοῖν βασκᾰ́νοιν toîn baskánoin	τῶν βασκᾰ́νων tôn baskánōn
Dative	τῷ βασκᾰ́νῳ tôi baskánōi	τοῖν βασκᾰ́νοιν toîn baskánoin	τοῖς βασκᾰ́νοις toîs baskánois
Accusative	τὸν βάσκᾰνον tòn báskanon	τὼ βασκᾰ́νω tṑ baskánō	τοὺς βασκᾰ́νους toùs baskánous
Vocative	βάσκᾰνε báskane	βασκᾰ́νω baskánō	βάσκᾰνοι báskanoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βάσκανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βάσκανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βάσκανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βάσκανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abusive idem, page 5.
  • calumnious idem, page 110.
  • defamatory idem, page 203.
  • scandalous idem, page 737.
  • scurrilous idem, page 743.
  • slanderous idem, page 782.
• βάσκανος in Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fascinum/s”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN