ὁλμίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅλμος (hólmos, “round, smooth stone”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὁλμῐ́σκος • (holmĭ́skos) m (genitive ὁλμῐ́σκου); second declension

  1. socket of the hinge of a door
  2. (anatomy) tooth socket
    Synonym: φᾰτνῐ́ον (phătnĭ́on)
  3. (geometry) frustum of a cone

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὁλμῐ́σκος; τοῦ ὁλμῐ́σκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὁλμῐ́σκος
ho holmĭ́skos 		τὼ ὁλμῐ́σκω
tṑ holmĭ́skō 		οἱ ὁλμῐ́σκοι
hoi holmĭ́skoi
Genitive τοῦ ὁλμῐ́σκου
toû holmĭ́skou 		τοῖν ὁλμῐ́σκοιν
toîn holmĭ́skoin 		τῶν ὁλμῐ́σκων
tôn holmĭ́skōn
Dative τῷ ὁλμῐ́σκῳ
tōî holmĭ́skōi 		τοῖν ὁλμῐ́σκοιν
toîn holmĭ́skoin 		τοῖς ὁλμῐ́σκοις
toîs holmĭ́skois
Accusative τὸν ὁλμῐ́σκον
tòn holmĭ́skon 		τὼ ὁλμῐ́σκω
tṑ holmĭ́skō 		τοὺς ὁλμῐ́σκους
toùs holmĭ́skous
Vocative ὁλμῐ́σκε
holmĭ́ske 		ὁλμῐ́σκω
holmĭ́skō 		ὁλμῐ́σκοι
holmĭ́skoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ὁλμῐσκοειδής (holmĭskoeidḗs)

Further reading

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