-ίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-iskos, and cognate with English -ish. For more, see -ish.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ís.kos/ → /ˈis.kos/ → /ˈis.kos/

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

Suffix

-ῐ́σκος • (-ískos) m (genitive -ῐ́σκου); second declension

1. Noun-forming diminutive suffix.

Declension

Second declension of -ῐ́σκος; -ῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ῐ́σκος -ískos	-ῐ́σκω -ískō	-ῐ́σκοι -ískoi
Genitive	-ῐ́σκου -ískou	-ῐ́σκοιν -ískoin	-ῐ́σκων -ískōn
Dative	-ῐ́σκῳ -ískōi	-ῐ́σκοιν -ískoin	-ῐ́σκοις -ískois
Accusative	-ῐ́σκον -ískon	-ῐ́σκω -ískō	-ῐ́σκους -ískous
Vocative	-ῐ́σκε -íske	-ῐ́σκω -ískō	-ῐ́σκοι -ískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίσκος