θρῆσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A deverbal from θρησκεύω (thrēskeúō, “to perform religious observances”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrɛ̂ːs.kos/ → /ˈθris.kos/ → /ˈθris.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrɛ̂ːs.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰre̝s.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθris.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθris.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθris.kos/

Adjective

θρῆσκος • (thrêskos) m or f (neuter θρῆσκον); second declension

1. religious, pious, devout

   Synonyms: εὐσεβής (eusebḗs), ὅσιος (hósios)

2. (in bad sense) superstitious

Declension

Second declension of θρῆσκος; θρῆσκον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θρῆσκος thrêskos	θρῆσκον thrêskon		θρήσκω thrḗskō	θρήσκω thrḗskō		θρῆσκοι thrêskoi	θρῆσκᾰ thrêska
Genitive		θρήσκου thrḗskou	θρήσκου thrḗskou		θρήσκοιν thrḗskoin	θρήσκοιν thrḗskoin		θρήσκων thrḗskōn	θρήσκων thrḗskōn
Dative		θρήσκῳ thrḗskōi	θρήσκῳ thrḗskōi		θρήσκοιν thrḗskoin	θρήσκοιν thrḗskoin		θρήσκοις thrḗskois	θρήσκοις thrḗskois
Accusative		θρῆσκον thrêskon	θρῆσκον thrêskon		θρήσκω thrḗskō	θρήσκω thrḗskō		θρήσκους thrḗskous	θρῆσκᾰ thrêska
Vocative		θρῆσκε thrêske	θρῆσκον thrêskon		θρήσκω thrḗskō	θρήσκω thrḗskō		θρῆσκοι thrêskoi	θρῆσκᾰ thrêska
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θρήσκως thrḗskōs			θρησκότερος thrēskóteros			θρησκότᾰτος thrēskótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θρησκία (thrēskía)
• θρησκώδης (thrēskṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: θρήσκος (thrískos)

Further reading

• “θρῆσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θρῆσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θρῆσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette