βάσκω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷəskō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥-sḱé-ti, from *gʷem- (“to step”) with -σκω (-skō). Cognate with Sanskrit गच्छति (gácchati). Compare the alternative present βαίνω (baínō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bás.kɔː/ → /ˈβas.ko/ → /ˈvas.ko/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bás.kɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.ko/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβas.ko/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.ko/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.ko/

Verb

βᾰ́σκω • (báskō)

1. (imperative only) come, go

Inflection

    Present: βάσκω (báskō)

number		singular			dual		plural
present		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	imperative		βάσκε (báske)	βασκέτω (baskétō)	βάσκετον (básketon)	βασκέτων (baskétōn)		βάσκετε (báskete)	βασκόντων (baskóntōn)
middle/ passive	imperative		βάσκου (báskou)	βασκέσθω (baskésthō)	βάσκεσθον (báskesthon)	βασκέσθων (baskésthōn)		βάσκεσθε (báskesthe)	βασκέσθων (baskésthōn)

See also

• βάσκειν (báskein, “speak, say”) (attested only in the infinitive and only in Hesychius's lexicon)

References

• “βάσκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βάσκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βάσκω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βάσκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βάσκω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βάσκω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• βάσκω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften