οἰκίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.kís.kos/ → /yˈcis.kos/ → /iˈcis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.kís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈkis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈcis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈcis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈcis.kos/

Noun

οἰκῐ́σκος • (oikískos) m (genitive οἰκῐ́σκου); second declension

1. small room or chamber
2. cage for birds

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οἰκῐ́σκος; τοῦ οἰκῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰκῐ́σκος ho oikískos	τὼ οἰκῐ́σκω tṑ oikískō	οἱ οἰκῐ́σκοι hoi oikískoi
Genitive	τοῦ οἰκῐ́σκου toû oikískou	τοῖν οἰκῐ́σκοιν toîn oikískoin	τῶν οἰκῐ́σκων tôn oikískōn
Dative	τῷ οἰκῐ́σκῳ tôi oikískōi	τοῖν οἰκῐ́σκοιν toîn oikískoin	τοῖς οἰκῐ́σκοις toîs oikískois
Accusative	τὸν οἰκῐ́σκον tòn oikískon	τὼ οἰκῐ́σκω tṑ oikískō	τοὺς οἰκῐ́σκους toùs oikískous
Vocative	οἰκῐ́σκε oikíske	οἰκῐ́σκω oikískō	οἰκῐ́σκοι oikískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “οἰκίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οἰκίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette