φάσκωλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

φάσκωλον (pháskōlon)

Etymology

It seems formally evident to connect φάσκος (pháskos), in which case the bag would have denominated after a skin from which the hairs have not been removed. Pokorny connects also βάσκιοι (báskioi, “bundles of dry wood”). A Pre-Greek origin seems probable.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰás.kɔː.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰas.ko.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸas.ko.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ko.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ko.los/

Noun

φάσκωλος • (pháskōlos) m (genitive φασκώλου); second declension

wallet, scrip, leathern bag

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φάσκωλος; τοῦ φασκώλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φάσκωλος ho pháskōlos	τὼ φασκώλω tṑ phaskṓlō	οἱ φάσκωλοι hoi pháskōloi
Genitive	τοῦ φασκώλου toû phaskṓlou	τοῖν φασκώλοιν toîn phaskṓloin	τῶν φασκώλων tôn phaskṓlōn
Dative	τῷ φασκώλῳ tôi phaskṓlōi	τοῖν φασκώλοιν toîn phaskṓloin	τοῖς φασκώλοις toîs phaskṓlois
Accusative	τὸν φάσκωλον tòn pháskōlon	τὼ φασκώλω tṑ phaskṓlō	τοὺς φασκώλους toùs phaskṓlous
Vocative	φάσκωλε pháskōle	φασκώλω phaskṓlō	φάσκωλοι pháskōloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

φασκώλιον (phaskṓlion)

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