προβοσκίς
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom προ- (pro-, “before, in front of”) βόσκω (bóskō, “I feed, I graze”) -ις (-is, suffix to form a feminine noun).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pro.bos.kís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pro.bosˈkis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pro.βosˈcis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pro.vosˈcis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pro.vosˈcis/
Noun
editπροβοσκίς • (proboskís) f (genitive προβοσκίδος); third declension
- means of providing food
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ προβοσκῐ́ς hē proboskĭ́s |
τὼ προβοσκῐ́δε tṑ proboskĭ́de |
αἱ προβοσκῐ́δες hai proboskĭ́des | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς προβοσκῐ́δος tês proboskĭ́dos |
τοῖν προβοσκῐ́δοιν toîn proboskĭ́doin |
τῶν προβοσκῐ́δων tôn proboskĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ προβοσκῐ́δῐ têi proboskĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν προβοσκῐ́δοιν toîn proboskĭ́doin |
ταῖς προβοσκῐ́σῐ / προβοσκῐ́σῐν taîs proboskĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν προβοσκῐ́δᾰ tḕn proboskĭ́dă |
τὼ προβοσκῐ́δε tṑ proboskĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς προβοσκῐ́δᾰς tā̀s proboskĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
Vocative | προβοσκῐ́ς proboskĭ́s |
προβοσκῐ́δε proboskĭ́de |
προβοσκῐ́δες proboskĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- ⇒ Greek: προβοσκίδα (provoskída)
- → Latin: proboscis
References
edit- “προβοσκίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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