ἀσκάντης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀκχάνθαρ (akkhánthar), σκάνθαν (skánthan)

Etymology

The variations prove a Pre-Greek origin, rather than vulgar or popular origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.kán.tɛːs/ → /asˈkan.tis/ → /asˈkan.dis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.kán.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈkan.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈkan.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈkan.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈkan.dis/

Noun

ἀσκάντης • (askántēs) m (genitive ἀσκάντου); first declension

1. pallet
2. bier

   Synonym: φέρετρον (phéretron)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀσκάντης; τοῦ ἀσκάντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀσκάντης ho askántēs	τὼ ἀσκάντᾱ tṑ askántā	οἱ ἀσκάνται hoi askántai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσκάντου toû askántou	τοῖν ἀσκάνταιν toîn askántain	τῶν ἀσκαντῶν tôn askantôn
Dative	τῷ ἀσκάντῃ tôi askántēi	τοῖν ἀσκάνταιν toîn askántain	τοῖς ἀσκάνταις toîs askántais
Accusative	τὸν ἀσκάντην tòn askántēn	τὼ ἀσκάντᾱ tṑ askántā	τοὺς ἀσκάντᾱς toùs askántās
Vocative	ἀσκάντᾰ askánta	ἀσκάντᾱ askántā	ἀσκάνται askántai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀσκάντης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσκάντης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσκάντης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN