ὀβελίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, skewer”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.be.lís.kos/ → /o.βeˈlis.kos/ → /o.veˈlis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.be.lís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.beˈlis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.βeˈlis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.veˈlis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.veˈlis.kos/

Noun

ὀβελίσκος • (obelískos) m (genitive ὀβελίσκου); second declension

1. small spit, skewer
2. anything shaped like a spit
3. obelisk
4. drainage conduit

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀβελῐ́σκος; τοῦ ὀβελῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀβελῐ́σκος ho obelískos	τὼ ὀβελῐ́σκω tṑ obelískō	οἱ ὀβελῐ́σκοι hoi obelískoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀβελῐ́σκου toû obelískou	τοῖν ὀβελῐ́σκοιν toîn obelískoin	τῶν ὀβελῐ́σκων tôn obelískōn
Dative	τῷ ὀβελῐ́σκῳ tôi obelískōi	τοῖν ὀβελῐ́σκοιν toîn obelískoin	τοῖς ὀβελῐ́σκοις toîs obelískois
Accusative	τὸν ὀβελῐ́σκον tòn obelískon	τὼ ὀβελῐ́σκω tṑ obelískō	τοὺς ὀβελῐ́σκους toùs obelískous
Vocative	ὀβελῐ́σκε obelíske	ὀβελῐ́σκω obelískō	ὀβελῐ́σκοι obelískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀβελισκολύχνιον (obeliskolúkhnion)

Descendants

• → Latin: obeliscus
  • → English: obelisk

Further reading

• “ὀβελίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀβελίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀβελίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette