βασκᾶς
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editThe formation is similar to other bird names, such as ἀτταγᾶς (attagâs, “black francolin”) and ἐλασᾶς (elasâs, “kind of teal”). The ο of the variant βοσκάς (boskás) can hardly be due to influence of βόσκω (bóskō, “to feed, nourish”); nor is the β- (compared to the φ- of φασκάς (phaskás)) Thracian or Illyrian. However, these variations clearly point to Pre-Greek origin, according to Beekes. Furnée unconvincingly links the word to Serbo-Croatian pȁtka (“duck”), Spanish pato (“duck”) and Sardinian busciu.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bas.kâːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /basˈkas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βasˈkas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vasˈkas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vasˈkas/
Noun
editβᾰσκᾶς • (baskâs) m (genitive βᾰσκᾶ); first declension
- kind of duck
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βᾰσκᾶς ho baskâs |
τὼ βᾰσκᾶ tṑ baskâ |
οἱ βᾰσκαῖ hoi baskaî | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βᾰσκᾶ toû baskâ |
τοῖν βᾰσκαῖν toîn baskaîn |
τῶν βᾰσκῶν tôn baskôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βᾰσκᾷ tôi baskâi |
τοῖν βᾰσκαῖν toîn baskaîn |
τοῖς βᾰσκαῖς toîs baskaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βᾰσκᾶν tòn baskân |
τὼ βᾰσκᾶ tṑ baskâ |
τοὺς βᾰσκᾶς toùs baskâs | ||||||||||
Vocative | βᾰσκᾶ baskâ |
βᾰσκᾶ baskâ |
βᾰσκαῖ baskaî | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “βασκᾶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βασκᾶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βασκᾶς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek perispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension
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