ὁλόσχοινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅλος (hólos, “entire, whole”) +‎ σχοῖνος (skhoînos, “rush, reed”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.lós.kʰoi̯.nos/ → /oˈlos.çy.nos/ → /oˈlos.çi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.lós.kʰoi̯.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)oˈlos.kʰy.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈlos.çy.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈlos.çy.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈlos.çi.nos/

Noun

ὁλόσχοινος • (holóskhoinos) m (genitive ὁλοσχοίνου); second declension

1. club-rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris), used in wickerwork

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὁλόσχοινος; τοῦ ὁλοσχοίνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὁλόσχοινος ho holóskhoinos	τὼ ὁλοσχοίνω tṑ holoskhoínō	οἱ ὁλόσχοινοι hoi holóskhoinoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὁλοσχοίνου toû holoskhoínou	τοῖν ὁλοσχοίνοιν toîn holoskhoínoin	τῶν ὁλοσχοίνων tôn holoskhoínōn
Dative	τῷ ὁλοσχοίνῳ tôi holoskhoínōi	τοῖν ὁλοσχοίνοιν toîn holoskhoínoin	τοῖς ὁλοσχοίνοις toîs holoskhoínois
Accusative	τὸν ὁλόσχοινον tòn holóskhoinon	τὼ ὁλοσχοίνω tṑ holoskhoínō	τοὺς ὁλοσχοίνους toùs holoskhoínous
Vocative	ὁλόσχοινε holóskhoine	ὁλοσχοίνω holoskhoínō	ὁλόσχοινοι holóskhoinoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὁλόσχοινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὁλόσχοινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette