ὁρμίσκιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ὁρμῐ́σκος (hormĭ́skos, “small necklace”) + -ῐον (-ĭon)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hor.mís.ki.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)orˈmis.ki.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /orˈmis.ci.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /orˈmis.ci.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /orˈmis.ci.on/
Noun
ὁρμῐ́σκῐον • (hormĭ́skĭon) n (genitive ὁρμῐσκῐ́ου); second declension
- a gem (further details are uncertain)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὁρμῐ́σκῐον tò hormĭ́skĭon |
τὼ ὁρμῐσκῐ́ω tṑ hormĭskĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ὁρμῐ́σκῐᾰ tằ hormĭ́skĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὁρμῐσκῐ́ου toû hormĭskĭ́ou |
τοῖν ὁρμῐσκῐ́οιν toîn hormĭskĭ́oin |
τῶν ὁρμῐσκῐ́ων tôn hormĭskĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὁρμῐσκῐ́ῳ tōî hormĭskĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ὁρμῐσκῐ́οιν toîn hormĭskĭ́oin |
τοῖς ὁρμῐσκῐ́οις toîs hormĭskĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὁρμῐ́σκῐον tò hormĭ́skĭon |
τὼ ὁρμῐσκῐ́ω tṑ hormĭskĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ὁρμῐ́σκῐᾰ tằ hormĭ́skĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὁρμῐ́σκῐον hormĭ́skĭon |
ὁρμῐσκῐ́ω hormĭskĭ́ō |
ὁρμῐ́σκῐᾰ hormĭ́skĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: hormiscion
Further reading
- “ὁρμίσκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press