ὀβελίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.be.lís.kos/ → /o.βeˈlis.kos/ → /o.veˈlis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.be.lís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.beˈlis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.βeˈlis.kos/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /o.veˈlis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.veˈlis.kos/

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)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ὁ ὀβελῐ́σκοςho obelĭ́skos	τὼ ὀβελῐ́σκωtṑ obelĭ́skō	οἱ ὀβελῐ́σκοιhoi obelĭ́skoi
genitive	τοῦ ὀβελῐ́σκουtoû obelĭ́skou	τοῖν ὀβελῐ́σκοινtoîn obelĭ́skoin	τῶν ὀβελῐ́σκωνtôn obelĭ́skōn
dative	τῷ ὀβελῐ́σκῳtōî obelĭ́skōi	τοῖν ὀβελῐ́σκοινtoîn obelĭ́skoin	τοῖς ὀβελῐ́σκοιςtoîs obelĭ́skois
accusative	τὸν ὀβελῐ́σκονtòn obelĭ́skon	τὼ ὀβελῐ́σκωtṑ obelĭ́skō	τοὺς ὀβελῐ́σκουςtoùs obelĭ́skous
vocative	ὀβελῐ́σκεobelĭ́ske	ὀβελῐ́σκωobelĭ́skō	ὀβελῐ́σκοιobelĭ́skoi

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀβελισκολύχνιον (obeliskolúkhnion)

Descendants

• → Latin: obeliscus
  • → English: obelisk

Further reading

• “ὀβελίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀβελίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὀβελίσκος” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette