ἀσκάληρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek root of synonymous σκαλίας (skalías).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.ká.lɛː.ron/ → /asˈka.li.ron/ → /asˈka.li.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.ká.lɛː.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈka.le̝.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈka.li.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈka.li.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈka.li.ron/

Noun

ἀσκᾰ́ληρον • (askálēron) n (genitive ἀσκᾰλήρου); second declension

1. (botany) fruit shell of the artichoke

   Synonym: σκαλίας (skalías)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀσκᾰ́ληρον; τοῦ ἀσκᾰλήρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀσκᾰ́ληρον tò askálēron	τὼ ἀσκᾰλήρω tṑ askalḗrō	τᾰ̀ ἀσκᾰ́ληρᾰ tà askálēra
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσκᾰλήρου toû askalḗrou	τοῖν ἀσκᾰλήροιν toîn askalḗroin	τῶν ἀσκᾰλήρων tôn askalḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ἀσκᾰλήρῳ tôi askalḗrōi	τοῖν ἀσκᾰλήροιν toîn askalḗroin	τοῖς ἀσκᾰλήροις toîs askalḗrois
Accusative	τὸ ἀσκᾰ́ληρον tò askálēron	τὼ ἀσκᾰλήρω tṑ askalḗrō	τᾰ̀ ἀσκᾰ́ληρᾰ tà askálēra
Vocative	ἀσκᾰ́ληρον askálēron	ἀσκᾰλήρω askalḗrō	ἀσκᾰ́ληρᾰ askálēra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀσκάληρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσκάληρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσκάληρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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