ἀβακίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́βᾰξ (ábax, “board”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.kís.kos/ → /a.βaˈcis.kos/ → /a.vaˈcis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ba.kís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.baˈkis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.βaˈcis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈcis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈcis.kos/

Noun

ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκος • (abakískos) m (genitive ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκου); second declension

1. A coloured stone for inlaying in mosaic work: abaculus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκος; τοῦ ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκος ho abakískos	τὼ ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκω tṑ abakískō	οἱ ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκοι hoi abakískoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκου toû abakískou	τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκοιν toîn abakískoin	τῶν ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκων tôn abakískōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκῳ tôi abakískōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκοιν toîn abakískoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκοις toîs abakískois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκον tòn abakískon	τὼ ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκω tṑ abakískō	τοὺς ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκους toùs abakískous
Vocative	ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκε abakíske	ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκω abakískō	ᾰ̓βᾰκῐ́σκοι abakískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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