βάσκιοι

Forms

βάσκιοι (báskioi), a plural recorded only as a gloss in Hesychius.^[1][2]

Etymology

Pokorny lists it as a Macedonian word, with the related gloss βασκευταί (baskeutaí), under Proto-Indo-European *bʰasko- (“bundle, heap”), the source of Latin fascis (“bundle”) and fascia (“band”); in his view φασκίδες (phaskídes), the word Hesychius uses to explain the related gloss, has the genuinely Greek sound form.^[3] The DGE notes a proposal that the word is Illyrian and related to the Latin word, from a root Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥dʰ-sk-, but says that it has no confirmation.^[4][5]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known only from Hesychius, who explains it as “bundles of brushwood”.^[1][5]

Timeline

• 5th century AD (probably) – Hesychius records it as a word for bundles of brushwood.^[1][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. Bundles of brushwood, faggots.^[1][5]

Related words

• βασκευταί (baskeutaí)
• φάσκωλος (pháskōlos)
• Latin fascis

References

1. ^ a b c d Hesychius of Alexandria, Lexicon, ed. Kurt Latte (Α–Ο, Copenhagen 1953–1966) and Moritz Schmidt (Π–Ω, Jena 1858–1868)
2. ^ Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; Jones, Henry Stuart (1940), A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed., Oxford: Clarendon Press
3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Bern; Munich: Francke
4. ^ a b Rodríguez Adrados, Francisco, et al., eds. (1980–), Diccionario Griego-Español, Madrid: CSIC, http://dge.cchs.csic.es/xdge
5. ^ a b c Charbonnet, André (2025), Chæréphon, v4.7: supplement to Bailly from papyri, inscriptions and recent lexica