ὁλμίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅλμος (hólmos, “round, smooth stone”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὁλμῐ́σκος • (holmískos) m (genitive ὁλμῐ́σκου); second declension

  1. socket of the hinge of a door
  2. (anatomy) tooth socket
    Synonym: φᾰτνῐ́ον (phatníon)
  3. (geometry) frustum of a cone

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ὁλμῐ́σκος; τοῦ ὁλμῐ́σκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὁλμῐ́σκος
ho holmískos		 τὼ ὁλμῐ́σκω
tṑ holmískō		 οἱ ὁλμῐ́σκοι
hoi holmískoi
Genitive τοῦ ὁλμῐ́σκου
toû holmískou		 τοῖν ὁλμῐ́σκοιν
toîn holmískoin		 τῶν ὁλμῐ́σκων
tôn holmískōn
Dative τῷ ὁλμῐ́σκῳ
tôi holmískōi		 τοῖν ὁλμῐ́σκοιν
toîn holmískoin		 τοῖς ὁλμῐ́σκοις
toîs holmískois
Accusative τὸν ὁλμῐ́σκον
tòn holmískon		 τὼ ὁλμῐ́σκω
tṑ holmískō		 τοὺς ὁλμῐ́σκους
toùs holmískous
Vocative ὁλμῐ́σκε
holmíske		 ὁλμῐ́σκω
holmískō		 ὁλμῐ́σκοι
holmískoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ὁλμῐσκοειδής (holmiskoeidḗs)

Further reading
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