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”).
μῐ́σχος • (mískhos) m (genitive μῐ́σχου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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μίσχος • (míschos) m (plural μίσχοι)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μίσχος (míschos) | μίσχοι (míschoi) |
| genitive | μίσχου (míschou) | μίσχων (míschon) |
| accusative | μίσχο (míscho) | μίσχους (míschous) |
| vocative | μίσχε (mísche) | μίσχοι (míschoi) |