δίσκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Furnée pointed out that the traditional derivation from δικεῖν (dikeîn, “to cast”) is hardly possible, because the suffix "-σκο-" is rare in nominal derivation. Therefore, he suggested to start from *δισκ-, a variant of δικεῖν (dikeîn), which has Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dís.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdis.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðis.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðis.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðis.kos/
Noun
δίσκος • (dískos) m (genitive δίσκου); second declension
- quoit, disc
- dish, trencher
- round mirror
- reliquary
- marigold (Calendula arvensis)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ δῐ́σκος; τοῦ δῐ́σκου (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δῐ́σκος ho dískos | τὼ δῐ́σκω tṑ dískō | οἱ δῐ́σκοι hoi dískoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δῐ́σκου toû dískou | τοῖν δῐ́σκοιν toîn dískoin | τῶν δῐ́σκων tôn dískōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δῐ́σκῳ tôi dískōi | τοῖν δῐ́σκοιν toîn dískoin | τοῖς δῐ́σκοις toîs dískois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δῐ́σκον tòn dískon | τὼ δῐ́σκω tṑ dískō | τοὺς δῐ́σκους toùs dískous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐ́σκε díske | δῐ́σκω dískō | δῐ́σκοι dískoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δισκάριον (diskárion)
- δισκεία (diskeía)
- δισκεύς (diskeús)
- δισκευτής (diskeutḗs)
- δισκεύω (diskeúō)
- δισκέω (diskéō)
- δίσκημα (dískēma)
- δισκοβολέω (diskoboléō)
- δισκοβολία (diskobolía)
- δισκοβόλος (diskobólos)
- δισκοειδής (diskoeidḗs)
- δισκοκάλυμμα (diskokálumma)
- δισκόομαι (diskóomai)
- δίσκουρα (dískoura)
- δισκοφόρος (diskophóros)
Descendants
- Latin: discus
- → English: disc
- → Italian: disco
Further reading
- δίσκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δίσκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos), from δικεῖν (dikeîn, “to throw, to cast, to strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).
Noun
δίσκος • (dískos) m (plural δίσκοι)
- record, disc or disk.
- (computing) disk
- (athletics) discus
- tray
Declension
declension of δίσκος
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δίσκος • | δίσκοι • |
| genitive | δίσκου • | δίσκων • |
| accusative | δίσκο • | δίσκους • |
| vocative | δίσκε • | δίσκοι • |
Descendants
- → Romanian: disc
References
- 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
- “δίσκος” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.