σκωρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκῶρ (skôr, “dung”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skoˈri.a/ → /skoˈri.a/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skoˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skoˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skoˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skoˈri.a/

Noun

σκωρῐ́ᾱ • (skōríā) f (genitive σκωρῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Koine)

1. (Koine) slag, dross of metal, scoria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκωρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σκωρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκωρῐ́ᾱ hē skōríā	τὼ σκωρῐ́ᾱ tṑ skōríā	αἱ σκωρῐ́αι hai skōríai
Genitive	τῆς σκωρῐ́ᾱς tês skōríās	τοῖν σκωρῐ́αιν toîn skōríain	τῶν σκωρῐῶν tôn skōriôn
Dative	τῇ σκωρῐ́ᾳ têi skōríāi	τοῖν σκωρῐ́αιν toîn skōríain	ταῖς σκωρῐ́αις taîs skōríais
Accusative	τὴν σκωρῐ́ᾱν tḕn skōríān	τὼ σκωρῐ́ᾱ tṑ skōríā	τᾱ̀ς σκωρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s skōríās
Vocative	σκωρῐ́ᾱ skōríā	σκωρῐ́ᾱ skōríā	σκωρῐ́αι skōríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σκουριά (skouriá)
• → Latin: scōria

Further reading

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