"μηνίσκος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μηνίσκος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛː.nís.kos/, /miˈnis.kos/, /miˈnis.kos/, /mɛː.nís.kos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝ˈnis.kos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /miˈnis.kos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /miˈnis.kos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /miˈnis.kos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μείς (meís, “month; moon”) + -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|μείς|-ῐ́σκος|t1=month; moon}} μείς (meís, “month; moon”) + -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μηνῐ́σκου|m|second|head=μηνῐ́σκος}} μηνῐ́σκος • (mēnĭ́skos) m (genitive μηνῐ́σκου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μηνῐ́σκος|ου}} Forms: μηνῐ́σκος [canonical], mēnĭ́skos [romanization], μηνῐ́σκου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ μηνῐ́σκος [nominative, singular], τὼ μηνῐ́σκω [dual, nominative], οἱ μηνῐ́σκοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ μηνῐ́σκου [genitive, singular], τοῖν μηνῐ́σκοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μηνῐ́σκων [genitive, plural], τῷ μηνῐ́σκῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν μηνῐ́σκοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μηνῐ́σκοις [dative, plural], τὸν μηνῐ́σκον [accusative, singular], τὼ μηνῐ́σκω [accusative, dual], τοὺς μηνῐ́σκους [accusative, plural], μηνῐ́σκε [singular, vocative], μηνῐ́σκω [dual, vocative], μηνῐ́σκοι [plural, vocative]
  1. crescent
    Sense id: en-μηνίσκος-grc-noun-lK9ncA9p Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 30 20 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 24 29 20 27
  2. head covering for statues
    Sense id: en-μηνίσκος-grc-noun-Dqptv-HG Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίσκος, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 11 54 9 25 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 30 20 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 24 29 20 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίσκος: 18 41 15 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 59 8 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 66 4 25
  3. neck-ornament
    Sense id: en-μηνίσκος-grc-noun-cxnpVu~t Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 30 20 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 24 29 20 27
  4. crescent-shaped line of battle
    Sense id: en-μηνίσκος-grc-noun-aaoKrLBy Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 30 20 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 24 29 20 27
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      "ipa": "/mɛː.nís.kos/"
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      "form": "τὸν μηνῐ́σκον",
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    },
    {
      "form": "μηνῐ́σκοι",
      "roman": "mēnĭ́skoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μηνῐ́σκου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "μηνῐ́σκος"
      },
      "expansion": "μηνῐ́σκος • (mēnĭ́skos) m (genitive μηνῐ́σκου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μηνῐ́σκος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "crescent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crescent",
          "crescent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head covering for statues"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "neck-ornament"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "crescent-shaped line of battle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.nís.kos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈnis.kos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈnis.kos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.nís.kos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝ˈnis.kos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈnis.kos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈnis.kos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈnis.kos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μηνίσκος"
}

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