ἀσκαρίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σκᾰρῐ́δες (skarídes)

Etymology

Generally taken to be from ἀσκαρίζω (askarízō, “to jump”), but Frisk thinks this is semantically not strong. In view of the prothetic vowel, it is rather a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.ka.rís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.kaˈris/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.kaˈris/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.kaˈris/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.kaˈris/

Noun

ἀσκᾰρῐ́ς • (askarís) f (genitive ἀσκᾰρῐ́δος); third declension

worm in the intestines
larva of the ἐμπίς (empís)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀσκᾰρῐ́ς; τῆς ἀσκᾰρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀσκᾰρῐ́ς hē askarís	τὼ ἀσκᾰρῐ́δε tṑ askaríde	αἱ ἀσκᾰρῐ́δες hai askarídes
Genitive	τῆς ἀσκᾰρῐ́δος tês askarídos	τοῖν ἀσκᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn askarídoin	τῶν ἀσκᾰρῐ́δων tôn askarídōn
Dative	τῇ ἀσκᾰρῐ́δῐ têi askarídi	τοῖν ἀσκᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn askarídoin	ταῖς ἀσκᾰρῐ́σῐ / ἀσκᾰρῐ́σῐν taîs askarísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀσκᾰρῐ́δᾰ tḕn askarída	τὼ ἀσκᾰρῐ́δε tṑ askaríde	τᾱ̀ς ἀσκᾰρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s askarídas
Vocative	ἀσκᾰρῐ́ς askarís	ἀσκᾰρῐ́δε askaríde	ἀσκᾰρῐ́δες askarídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

→ New Latin: ascaris
→ Translingual: Ascaris

ἀσκαρίς

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