μηνίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μείς (meís, “month; moon”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μηνῐ́σκος • (mēnĭ́skos) m (genitive μηνῐ́σκου); second declension

  1. crescent
  2. head covering for statues
  3. neck-ornament
  4. crescent-shaped line of battle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μηνῐ́σκος; τοῦ μηνῐ́σκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μηνῐ́σκος
ho mēnĭ́skos 		τὼ μηνῐ́σκω
tṑ mēnĭ́skō 		οἱ μηνῐ́σκοι
hoi mēnĭ́skoi
Genitive τοῦ μηνῐ́σκου
toû mēnĭ́skou 		τοῖν μηνῐ́σκοιν
toîn mēnĭ́skoin 		τῶν μηνῐ́σκων
tôn mēnĭ́skōn
Dative τῷ μηνῐ́σκῳ
tōî mēnĭ́skōi 		τοῖν μηνῐ́σκοιν
toîn mēnĭ́skoin 		τοῖς μηνῐ́σκοις
toîs mēnĭ́skois
Accusative τὸν μηνῐ́σκον
tòn mēnĭ́skon 		τὼ μηνῐ́σκω
tṑ mēnĭ́skō 		τοὺς μηνῐ́σκους
toùs mēnĭ́skous
Vocative μηνῐ́σκε
mēnĭ́ske 		μηνῐ́σκω
mēnĭ́skō 		μηνῐ́σκοι
mēnĭ́skoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: meniscus
  • French: ménisque m
  • Greek: μηνίσκος m (minískos)
  • Italian: menisco m
  • Portuguese: menisco m
  • Russian: мени́ск m (menísk)
  • Spanish: menisco m

References

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