ἀσκός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀκκόρ (akkór)

Etymology

Unknown. The variant points to foreign or Pre-Greek origin. Not related to φάσκωλος (pháskōlos) as per Furnée.^[1] Perhaps related to ἀσκέω (askéō, “to process and work (raw materials, art, etc.)”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈkos/

Noun

ἀσκός • (askós) m (genitive ἀσκοῦ); second declension

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀσκός; τοῦ ἀσκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀσκός ho askós	τὼ ἀσκώ tṑ askṓ	οἱ ἀσκοί hoi askoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσκοῦ toû askoû	τοῖν ἀσκοῖν toîn askoîn	τῶν ἀσκῶν tôn askôn
Dative	τῷ ἀσκῷ tōî askōî	τοῖν ἀσκοῖν toîn askoîn	τοῖς ἀσκοῖς toîs askoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀσκόν tòn askón	τὼ ἀσκώ tṑ askṓ	τοὺς ἀσκούς toùs askoús
Vocative	ἀσκέ aské	ἀσκώ askṓ	ἀσκοί askoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀσκίδιον (askídion)
ἀσκίον (askíon)
ἀσκίτης (askítēs)
ἀσκοθύλακος (askothúlakos)
ἀσκοπήρα (askopḗra)
ἀσκοπυτίνη (askoputínē)
ἄσκωμα (áskōma)

Descendants

→ English: askos
Greek: ασκός (askós)
→ New Latin: ascus
- → English: ascus

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀσκός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 151