ὀστρακισμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀστρακίζω (ostrakízō) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /os.tra.kiz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /os.tra.kizˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /os.tra.cizˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /os.tra.cizˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /os.tra.cizˈmos/
Noun
ὀστρᾰκῐσμός • (ostrăkĭsmós) m (genitive ὀστρᾰκῐσμοῦ); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὀστρᾰκῐσμός ho ostrăkĭsmós |
τὼ ὀστρᾰκῐσμώ tṑ ostrăkĭsmṓ |
οἱ ὀστρᾰκῐσμοί hoi ostrăkĭsmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀστρᾰκῐσμοῦ toû ostrăkĭsmoû |
τοῖν ὀστρᾰκῐσμοῖν toîn ostrăkĭsmoîn |
τῶν ὀστρᾰκῐσμῶν tôn ostrăkĭsmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀστρᾰκῐσμῷ tōî ostrăkĭsmōî |
τοῖν ὀστρᾰκῐσμοῖν toîn ostrăkĭsmoîn |
τοῖς ὀστρᾰκῐσμοῖς toîs ostrăkĭsmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὀστρᾰκῐσμόν tòn ostrăkĭsmón |
τὼ ὀστρᾰκῐσμώ tṑ ostrăkĭsmṓ |
τοὺς ὀστρᾰκῐσμούς toùs ostrăkĭsmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀστρᾰκῐσμέ ostrăkĭsmé |
ὀστρᾰκῐσμώ ostrăkĭsmṓ |
ὀστρᾰκῐσμοί ostrăkĭsmoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: οστρακισμός (ostrakismós)
- → English: ostracism (learned)
- → French: ostracisme (learned)
Further reading
- “ὀστρακισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀστρακισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ostracism idem, page 581.