μαρίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like ἰβίσκος (ibískos), ἀλθίσκος (althískos) and other plant names. The suffix -ίσκος probably points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.rís.kos/ → /maˈris.kos/ → /maˈris.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.rís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈris.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈris.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈris.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈris.kos/

Noun

μᾰρῐ́σκος • (marískos) m (genitive μᾰρῐ́σκου); second declension

1. swamp sawgrass (Cladium mariscus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μᾰρῐ́σκος; τοῦ μᾰρῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰρῐ́σκος ho marískos	τὼ μᾰρῐ́σκω tṑ marískō	οἱ μᾰρῐ́σκοι hoi marískoi
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰρῐ́σκου toû marískou	τοῖν μᾰρῐ́σκοιν toîn marískoin	τῶν μᾰρῐ́σκων tôn marískōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰρῐ́σκῳ tôi marískōi	τοῖν μᾰρῐ́σκοιν toîn marískoin	τοῖς μᾰρῐ́σκοις toîs marískois
Accusative	τὸν μᾰρῐ́σκον tòn marískon	τὼ μᾰρῐ́σκω tṑ marískō	τοὺς μᾰρῐ́σκους toùs marískous
Vocative	μᾰρῐ́σκε maríske	μᾰρῐ́σκω marískō	μᾰρῐ́σκοι marískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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