ἀσχίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Lewy, from Hebrew אֶשֶׁךְ (ʾéšeḵ, “testicle”), because of its similar form. He further compares ὄρχις (órkhis), which means both "testicle" and "salep".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.kʰí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈkʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈçi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈçi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈçi.on/
Noun
ἀσχῐ́ον • (askhíon) n (genitive ἀσχῐ́ου); second declension
- giant puffball (Calvatia gigantea)
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ἀσχῐ́ον; τοῦ ἀσχῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀσχῐ́ον tò askhíon | τὼ ἀσχῐ́ω tṑ askhíō | τᾰ̀ ἀσχῐ́ᾰ tà askhía | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀσχῐ́ου toû askhíou | τοῖν ἀσχῐ́οιν toîn askhíoin | τῶν ἀσχῐ́ων tôn askhíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀσχῐ́ῳ tôi askhíōi | τοῖν ἀσχῐ́οιν toîn askhíoin | τοῖς ἀσχῐ́οις toîs askhíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀσχῐ́ον tò askhíon | τὼ ἀσχῐ́ω tṑ askhíō | τᾰ̀ ἀσχῐ́ᾰ tà askhía | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀσχῐ́ον askhíon | ἀσχῐ́ω askhíō | ἀσχῐ́ᾰ askhía | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀσχίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀσχίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσχίον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- 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, →ISBN
- Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31