ἰσχίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Noun

ἰσχίον • (iskhíon) n (genitive ἰσχίου); second declension

1. hip-joint
2. Area around the hip-joint; haunch

Inflection

Second declension of ἰσχίον, ἰσχίου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἰσχίον	τὼ ἰσχίω	τὰ ἰσχίᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ ἰσχίου	τοῖν ἰσχίοιν	τῶν ἰσχίων
Dative	τῷ ἰσχίῳ	τοῖν ἰσχίοιν	τοῖς ἰσχίοις
Accusative	τὸ ἰσχίον	τὼ ἰσχίω	τὰ ἰσχίᾰ
Vocative	ἰσχίον	ἰσχίω	ἰσχίᾰ
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Descendants

• Latin: ischion

References

• “ἰσχίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press