μίσχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Seemingly first agricultural then made botanical by Theophrastus. μίσκαιος (mískaios, “garden”) with Lithuanian mi̇̀škas (“wood, forest”) does not give a likely meaning connection, while μίσκος (mískos, “husk, pod”) is very similar. While Pre-Greek origin has been claimed, the form and variation σχ/σκ looks kind of Semitic, compare μασχάλη (maskhálē, “axil, hollow at the base of a shoot; branch, young palm twig”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μῐ́σχος • (mĭ́skhos) m (genitive μῐ́σχου); second declension

  1. (botany) stalk of leaves or fruit, petiole
  2. (in Thessaly) kind of spade or hoe

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μῐ́σχος; τοῦ μῐ́σχου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μῐ́σχος
ho mĭ́skhos 		τὼ μῐ́σχω
tṑ mĭ́skhō 		οἱ μῐ́σχοι
hoi mĭ́skhoi
Genitive τοῦ μῐ́σχου
toû mĭ́skhou 		τοῖν μῐ́σχοιν
toîn mĭ́skhoin 		τῶν μῐ́σχων
tôn mĭ́skhōn
Dative τῷ μῐ́σχῳ
tōî mĭ́skhōi 		τοῖν μῐ́σχοιν
toîn mĭ́skhoin 		τοῖς μῐ́σχοις
toîs mĭ́skhois
Accusative τὸν μῐ́σχον
tòn mĭ́skhon 		τὼ μῐ́σχω
tṑ mĭ́skhō 		τοὺς μῐ́σχους
toùs mĭ́skhous
Vocative μῐ́σχε
mĭ́skhe 		μῐ́σχω
mĭ́skhō 		μῐ́σχοι
mĭ́skhoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἄμῐσχος (ámĭskhos)

Descendants

  • Greek: μίσχος (míschos)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

μίσχος • (míschos) m (plural μίσχοι)

  1. (botany) petiole, stalk, stem (of plant)

Declension

Declension of μίσχος
singular plural
nominative μίσχος (míschos) μίσχοι (míschoi)
genitive μίσχου (míschou) μίσχων (míschon)
accusative μίσχο (míscho) μίσχους (míschous)
vocative μίσχε (mísche) μίσχοι (míschoi)

Coordinate terms

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