βωμίσκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βωμός (bōmós, “platform; altar”) + -ῐ́σκος (-ískos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɔː.mís.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /boˈmis.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βoˈmis.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /voˈmis.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /voˈmis.kos/
Noun
βωμῐ́σκος • (bōmískos) m (genitive βωμῐ́σκου); second declension
- An altar shaped vessel
- A bandage
- (mathematics) A polyhedron of unequal height, width and depth
- (astronomy) The name of a constellation, now called Ara
- (anatomy) The base of molar teeth
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βωμῐ́σκος; τοῦ βωμῐ́σκου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βωμῐ́σκος ho bōmískos | τὼ βωμῐ́σκω tṑ bōmískō | οἱ βωμῐ́σκοι hoi bōmískoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βωμῐ́σκου toû bōmískou | τοῖν βωμῐ́σκοιν toîn bōmískoin | τῶν βωμῐ́σκων tôn bōmískōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βωμῐ́σκῳ tôi bōmískōi | τοῖν βωμῐ́σκοιν toîn bōmískoin | τοῖς βωμῐ́σκοις toîs bōmískois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βωμῐ́σκον tòn bōmískon | τὼ βωμῐ́σκω tṑ bōmískō | τοὺς βωμῐ́σκους toùs bōmískous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βωμῐ́σκε bōmíske | βωμῐ́σκω bōmískō | βωμῐ́σκοι bōmískoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: bōmiscus
References
- βωμίσκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βωμίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βωμίσκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)