φάσκον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰás.kon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰas.kon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸas.kon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfas.kon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfas.kon/
Etymology 1
There are several hypotheses:
- from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“tip”) and related to Latin fastigium (“peak, top”) and Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”)
- related to φάρσος (phársos, “piece, portion”)
- related to φορκόν (phorkón)
- from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedh-sko (“bundle, heap”) and related to Albanian bashkë (“together”), Latin fascis (“bundle”) and Middle Irish basc (“necklet”)
- from a Pre-Greek root common to σφάγνος (sphágnos, “Greek sage”) and σφάκος (sphákos, “apple sage”)
Noun
φάσκον • (pháskon) n (genitive φάσκου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φᾰ́σκον tò phắskon |
τὼ φᾰ́σκω tṑ phắskō |
τᾰ̀ φᾰ́σκᾰ tằ phắskă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φᾰ́σκου toû phắskou |
τοῖν φᾰ́σκοιν toîn phắskoin |
τῶν φᾰ́σκων tôn phắskōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φᾰ́σκῳ tōî phắskōi |
τοῖν φᾰ́σκοιν toîn phắskoin |
τοῖς φᾰ́σκοις toîs phắskois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φᾰ́σκον tò phắskon |
τὼ φᾰ́σκω tṑ phắskō |
τᾰ̀ φᾰ́σκᾰ tằ phắskă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φᾰ́σκον phắskon |
φᾰ́σκω phắskō |
φᾰ́σκᾰ phắskă | ||||||||||
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Alternative forms
- φάσκος (pháskos)
Further reading
- “φάσκον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φάσκον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
φάσκον • (pháskon)
- (Epic) first-person singular/third-person plural imperfect active indicative unaugmented of φάσκω (pháskō)
Participle
φάσκον • (pháskon)
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of φάσκων (pháskōn)