φάσκωλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

φάσκωλον (pháskōlon)

Etymology

It seems formally evident to connect φάσκος (pháskos), in which case the bag would have denominated after a skin from which the hairs have not been removed. Pokorny connects also βάσκιοι (báskioi, “bundles of dry wood”), the different initial consonant of which would have to reflect old dialectal variation if of Proto-Indo-European origin,^[1] but Furnée adds φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle”); cognates would include Albanian bokshe (“bundle”), Latin fascis, Breton bec'h (“bundle, load”), English basket. An origin in Pre-Greek or ultimately another substrate language seems probable.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰás.kɔː.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰas.ko.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸas.ko.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ko.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.ko.los/

Noun

φάσκωλος • (pháskōlos) m (genitive φασκώλου); second declension

wallet, scrip, leathern bag

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φάσκωλος; τοῦ φασκώλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φάσκωλος ho pháskōlos	τὼ φασκώλω tṑ phaskṓlō	οἱ φάσκωλοι hoi pháskōloi
Genitive	τοῦ φασκώλου toû phaskṓlou	τοῖν φασκώλοιν toîn phaskṓloin	τῶν φασκώλων tôn phaskṓlōn
Dative	τῷ φασκώλῳ tōî phaskṓlōi	τοῖν φασκώλοιν toîn phaskṓloin	τοῖς φασκώλοις toîs phaskṓlois
Accusative	τὸν φάσκωλον tòn pháskōlon	τὼ φασκώλω tṑ phaskṓlō	τοὺς φασκώλους toùs phaskṓlous
Vocative	φάσκωλε pháskōle	φασκώλω phaskṓlō	φάσκωλοι pháskōloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

φασκώλιον (phaskṓlion)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhasko-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 111