ὀξύσχοινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) +‎ σχοῖνος (skhoînos, “rush”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.sýs.kʰoi̯.nos/ → /okˈsys.çy.nos/ → /okˈsis.çi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.sýs.kʰoi̯.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /okˈsys.kʰy.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /okˈsys.çy.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /okˈsys.çy.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /okˈsis.çi.nos/

Noun

ὀξῠ́σχοινος • (oxúskhoinos) m (genitive ὀξῠσχοίνου); second declension

1. sharp rush (Juncus acutus)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὀξῠ́σχοινος; τοῦ ὀξῠσχοίνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀξῠ́σχοινος ho oxúskhoinos	τὼ ὀξῠσχοίνω tṑ oxuskhoínō	οἱ ὀξῠ́σχοινοι hoi oxúskhoinoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀξῠσχοίνου toû oxuskhoínou	τοῖν ὀξῠσχοίνοιν toîn oxuskhoínoin	τῶν ὀξῠσχοίνων tôn oxuskhoínōn
Dative	τῷ ὀξῠσχοίνῳ tôi oxuskhoínōi	τοῖν ὀξῠσχοίνοιν toîn oxuskhoínoin	τοῖς ὀξῠσχοίνοις toîs oxuskhoínois
Accusative	τὸν ὀξῠ́σχοινον tòn oxúskhoinon	τὼ ὀξῠσχοίνω tṑ oxuskhoínō	τοὺς ὀξῠσχοίνους toùs oxuskhoínous
Vocative	ὀξῠ́σχοινε oxúskhoine	ὀξῠσχοίνω oxuskhoínō	ὀξῠ́σχοινοι oxúskhoinoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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