μίσχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Seemingly first agricultural then made botanical by Theophrastus. μίσκαιος (mískaios, “garden”) with Lithuanian mìškas (“wood, forest”) does not give a likely meaning connection, while μίσκος (mískos, “husk, pod”) is very similar. While Pre-Greek origin has been claimed, the form and variation σχ/σκ looks kind of Semitic, compare μασχάλη (maskhálē, “axil, hollow at the base of a shoot; branch, young palm twig”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μῐ́σχος • (mískhos) m (genitive μῐ́σχου); second declension

  1. (botany) stalk of leaves or fruit, petiole
  2. (in Thessaly) kind of spade or hoe

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ μῐ́σχος; τοῦ μῐ́σχου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μῐ́σχος
ho mískhos		 τὼ μῐ́σχω
tṑ mískhō		 οἱ μῐ́σχοι
hoi mískhoi
Genitive τοῦ μῐ́σχου
toû mískhou		 τοῖν μῐ́σχοιν
toîn mískhoin		 τῶν μῐ́σχων
tôn mískhōn
Dative τῷ μῐ́σχῳ
tôi mískhōi		 τοῖν μῐ́σχοιν
toîn mískhoin		 τοῖς μῐ́σχοις
toîs mískhois
Accusative τὸν μῐ́σχον
tòn mískhon		 τὼ μῐ́σχω
tṑ mískhō		 τοὺς μῐ́σχους
toùs mískhous
Vocative μῐ́σχε
mískhe		 μῐ́σχω
mískhō		 μῐ́σχοι
mískhoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἄμῐσχος (ámiskhos)

Descendants
  • Greek: μίσχος (míschos)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

μίσχος • (míschos) m (plural μίσχοι)

  1. (botany) petiole, stalk, stem (of plant)

Declension
declension of μίσχος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μίσχος • μίσχοι •
genitive μίσχου • μίσχων •
accusative μίσχο • μίσχους •
vocative μίσχε • μίσχοι •

Coordinate terms
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