ὀβελίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, skewer”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὀβελίσκος • (obelískos) m (genitive ὀβελίσκου); second declension

  1. small spit, skewer
  2. anything shaped like a spit
  3. obelisk
  4. drainage conduit

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ὀβελῐ́σκος; τοῦ ὀβελῐ́σκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὀβελῐ́σκος
ho obelískos		 τὼ ὀβελῐ́σκω
tṑ obelískō		 οἱ ὀβελῐ́σκοι
hoi obelískoi
Genitive τοῦ ὀβελῐ́σκου
toû obelískou		 τοῖν ὀβελῐ́σκοιν
toîn obelískoin		 τῶν ὀβελῐ́σκων
tôn obelískōn
Dative τῷ ὀβελῐ́σκῳ
tôi obelískōi		 τοῖν ὀβελῐ́σκοιν
toîn obelískoin		 τοῖς ὀβελῐ́σκοις
toîs obelískois
Accusative τὸν ὀβελῐ́σκον
tòn obelískon		 τὼ ὀβελῐ́σκω
tṑ obelískō		 τοὺς ὀβελῐ́σκους
toùs obelískous
Vocative ὀβελῐ́σκε
obelíske		 ὀβελῐ́σκω
obelískō		 ὀβελῐ́σκοι
obelískoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Latin: obeliscus

Further reading
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