ὀνίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄνος (ónos, “donkey, ass”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.nís.kos/ → /oˈnis.kos/ → /oˈnis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.nís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈnis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈnis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈnis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈnis.kos/

Noun

ὀνῐ́σκος • (onískos) m (genitive ὀνῐ́σκου); second declension

1. a fish similar to a cod
2. woodlouse

   Synonym: κουβαρίς (koubarís)

3. windlass, crane

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀνῐ́σκος; τοῦ ὀνῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀνῐ́σκος ho onískos	τὼ ὀνῐ́σκω tṑ onískō	οἱ ὀνῐ́σκοι hoi onískoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀνῐ́σκου toû onískou	τοῖν ὀνῐ́σκοιν toîn onískoin	τῶν ὀνῐ́σκων tôn onískōn
Dative	τῷ ὀνῐ́σκῳ tôi onískōi	τοῖν ὀνῐ́σκοιν toîn onískoin	τοῖς ὀνῐ́σκοις toîs onískois
Accusative	τὸν ὀνῐ́σκον tòn onískon	τὼ ὀνῐ́σκω tṑ onískō	τοὺς ὀνῐ́σκους toùs onískous
Vocative	ὀνῐ́σκε oníske	ὀνῐ́σκω onískō	ὀνῐ́σκοι onískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: oniscus

  → Translingual: Oniscus

References

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