Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (to cut), although the vowel is hard to explain. Unrelated to σκῦτος (skûtos, hide, skin).

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Verb edit

σκύλλω (skúllō)

  1. to tear apart, lacerate, flay, skin
  2. (figurative) to molest, maltreat
  3. to trouble, pester
  4. to infest, plunder

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