μέσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Semitic borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *mašk-; cognates are Armenian մաշկ (mašk, “skin, hide”), Arabic مَسْك (mask) and Classical Syriac ܡܫܟܐ (meškā, “skin”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μέσκος • (méskos) m (genitive μέσκου); second declension

  1. sheepskin, fleece
    Synonym: κῴδιον (kōídion)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μέσκος; τοῦ μέσκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μέσκος
ho méskos 		τὼ μέσκω
tṑ méskō 		οἱ μέσκοι
hoi méskoi
Genitive τοῦ μέσκου
toû méskou 		τοῖν μέσκοιν
toîn méskoin 		τῶν μέσκων
tôn méskōn
Dative τῷ μέσκῳ
tōî méskōi 		τοῖν μέσκοιν
toîn méskoin 		τοῖς μέσκοις
toîs méskois
Accusative τὸν μέσκον
tòn méskon 		τὼ μέσκω
tṑ méskō 		τοὺς μέσκους
toùs méskous
Vocative μέσκε
méske 		μέσκω
méskō 		μέσκοι
méskoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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