Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μηνίσκος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηνίσκος μηνίσκου

Structure: μηνισκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mh/nh의 지소사

Sense

  1. crescent
  2. head covering for statues

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τραγικοὶ δ’ αὐτοῖσ ὑποκριταὶ καὶ Νικόστρατοι καὶ Καλλιππίδαι καὶ Μηνίσκοι, καὶ Θεόδωροι καὶ πῶλοι συνίτωσαν, ὥσπερ γυναικὸσ πολυτελοῦσ τῆσ τραγῳδίασ κομμωταὶ καὶ διφροφόροι, μᾶλλον δ’ ὡσ ἀγαλμάτων ἐγκαυσταὶ καὶ χρυσωταὶ καὶ βαφεῖσ παρακολουθοῦντεσ· (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 6 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. head covering for statues

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION