ῥίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a loanword. According to Donatus, it is of Phrygian origin, a path followed by Thumb, who considers Proto-Celtic to be the ultimate source, comparing Irish rúsc (“bark of a tree”). The word would have reached Greek from Galatian, through Phrygian because of the change u > i. Anyway, Beekes doesn't dismiss a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ís.kos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈris.kos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈris.kos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈris.kos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈris.kos/

Noun

ῥῐ́σκος • (rhĭ́skos) m (genitive ῥῐ́σκου); second declension

coffer, chest, especially for plate or money

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῥῐ́σκος; τοῦ ῥῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῥῐ́σκος ho rhĭ́skos	τὼ ῥῐ́σκω tṑ rhĭ́skō	οἱ ῥῐ́σκοι hoi rhĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῐ́σκου toû rhĭ́skou	τοῖν ῥῐ́σκοιν toîn rhĭ́skoin	τῶν ῥῐ́σκων tôn rhĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῐ́σκῳ tōî rhĭ́skōi	τοῖν ῥῐ́σκοιν toîn rhĭ́skoin	τοῖς ῥῐ́σκοις toîs rhĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν ῥῐ́σκον tòn rhĭ́skon	τὼ ῥῐ́σκω tṑ rhĭ́skō	τοὺς ῥῐ́σκους toùs rhĭ́skous
Vocative	ῥῐ́σκε rhĭ́ske	ῥῐ́σκω rhĭ́skō	ῥῐ́σκοι rhĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ῥισκοφυλάκιον (rhiskophulákion)
ῥισκοφύλαξ (rhiskophúlax)

Descendants

→ Latin: riscus