ὀβελίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, skewer”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀβελίσκος • (obelískos) m (genitive ὀβελίσκου); second declension

  1. small spit, skewer
  2. anything shaped like a spit
  3. obelisk
  4. drainage conduit

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀβελῐ́σκος; τοῦ ὀβελῐ́σκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὀβελῐ́σκος
ho obelĭ́skos 		τὼ ὀβελῐ́σκω
tṑ obelĭ́skō 		οἱ ὀβελῐ́σκοι
hoi obelĭ́skoi
Genitive τοῦ ὀβελῐ́σκου
toû obelĭ́skou 		τοῖν ὀβελῐ́σκοιν
toîn obelĭ́skoin 		τῶν ὀβελῐ́σκων
tôn obelĭ́skōn
Dative τῷ ὀβελῐ́σκῳ
tōî obelĭ́skōi 		τοῖν ὀβελῐ́σκοιν
toîn obelĭ́skoin 		τοῖς ὀβελῐ́σκοις
toîs obelĭ́skois
Accusative τὸν ὀβελῐ́σκον
tòn obelĭ́skon 		τὼ ὀβελῐ́σκω
tṑ obelĭ́skō 		τοὺς ὀβελῐ́σκους
toùs obelĭ́skous
Vocative ὀβελῐ́σκε
obelĭ́ske 		ὀβελῐ́σκω
obelĭ́skō 		ὀβελῐ́σκοι
obelĭ́skoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: obeliscus

Further reading

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