ἰσχάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

It shares the same origin of ἰσχνός (iskhnós, “dry, arid”) and ἰσχαλέος (iskhaléos, “dry, barren”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἰσχᾰ́ς • (iskhắs) f (genitive ἰσχᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. dried fig
  2. kind of spurge (Euphorbia apios)
    Synonyms: ἄπῐος (ápĭos), χᾰμαιρᾰ́φᾰνος (khămairắphănos)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἰσχᾰ́ς; τῆς ἰσχᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἰσχᾰ́ς
hē iskhắs 		τὼ ἰσχᾰ́δε
tṑ iskhắde 		αἱ ἰσχᾰ́δες
hai iskhắdes
Genitive τῆς ἰσχᾰ́δος
tês iskhắdos 		τοῖν ἰσχᾰ́δοιν
toîn iskhắdoin 		τῶν ἰσχᾰ́δων
tôn iskhắdōn
Dative τῇ ἰσχᾰ́δῐ
tēî iskhắdĭ 		τοῖν ἰσχᾰ́δοιν
toîn iskhắdoin 		ταῖς ἰσχᾰ́σῐ / ἰσχᾰ́σῐν
taîs iskhắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἰσχᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn iskhắdă 		τὼ ἰσχᾰ́δε
tṑ iskhắde 		τᾱ̀ς ἰσχᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s iskhắdăs
Vocative ἰσχᾰ́ς
iskhắs 		ἰσχᾰ́δε
iskhắde 		ἰσχᾰ́δες
iskhắdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

  • ἰσχᾰ́δῐον (iskhắdĭon)
  • ἰσχᾰδοκᾰ́ρῠον (iskhădokắrŭon)
  • ἰσχᾰδοπώλης (iskhădopṓlēs)
  • ἰσχᾰδοφᾰ́γος (iskhădophắgos)
  • ἰσχᾰδώνης (iskhădṓnēs)

Further reading

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