Ἀσκάλων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /asˈka.lon/ → /asˈka.lon/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈka.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈka.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈka.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈka.lon/

Proper noun

Ἀσκάλων • (Askálōn) m (genitive Ἀσκάλωνος); third declension

1. Ascalon; Ashkelon, Israel

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀσκάλων; τοῦ Ἀσκάλωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀσκάλων ho Askálōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀσκάλωνος toû Askálōnos
Dative	τῷ Ἀσκάλωνῐ tôi Askálōni
Accusative	τὸν Ἀσκάλωνᾰ tòn Askálōna
Vocative	Ἀσκάλων Askálōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀσκαλώνιος (Askalṓnios)
• Ἀσκαλωνίτης (Askalōnítēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Ασκάλων (Askálon); Ασκάλωνας (Askálonas)
• → Latin: Ascalōn

Further reading

• Ἀσκάλων 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, page 1,002