βωμίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βωμός (bōmós, “platform; altar”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɔː.mís.kos/ → /βoˈmis.kos/ → /voˈmis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɔː.mís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /boˈmis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βoˈmis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /voˈmis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /voˈmis.kos/

Noun

βωμῐ́σκος • (bōmískos) m (genitive βωμῐ́σκου); second declension

1. altar-shaped vessel
2. bandage
3. (mathematics) polyhedron of unequal height, width and depth
4. (astronomy) Ara, a constellation

   Synonym: θυμιατήριον (thumiatḗrion)

5. (anatomy) base of molar teeth

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βωμῐ́σκος; τοῦ βωμῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βωμῐ́σκος ho bōmískos	τὼ βωμῐ́σκω tṑ bōmískō	οἱ βωμῐ́σκοι hoi bōmískoi
Genitive	τοῦ βωμῐ́σκου toû bōmískou	τοῖν βωμῐ́σκοιν toîn bōmískoin	τῶν βωμῐ́σκων tôn bōmískōn
Dative	τῷ βωμῐ́σκῳ tôi bōmískōi	τοῖν βωμῐ́σκοιν toîn bōmískoin	τοῖς βωμῐ́σκοις toîs bōmískois
Accusative	τὸν βωμῐ́σκον tòn bōmískon	τὼ βωμῐ́σκω tṑ bōmískō	τοὺς βωμῐ́σκους toùs bōmískous
Vocative	βωμῐ́σκε bōmíske	βωμῐ́σκω bōmískō	βωμῐ́σκοι bōmískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: bōmiscus

References

• “βωμίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βωμίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βωμίσκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)