σκῦρος

See also: Σκῦρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκῦρον (skûron)

Etymology

According to Furnée, from Pre-Greek and related to σκῖρος (skîros, “hardened swelling, tumour”). Perhaps the island name Σκῦρος (Skûros) is related to σκῦρος (skûros) due to the marble quarries.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skŷː.ros/ → /ˈscy.ros/ → /ˈsci.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skŷː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsky.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.ros/

Noun

σκῦρος • (skûros) m (genitive σκύρου); second declension

1. chippings of stone used as road metal

   Synonym: λατύπη (latúpē)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σκῦρος; τοῦ σκῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκῦρος ho skûros	τὼ σκῡ́ρω tṑ skū́rō	οἱ σκῦροι hoi skûroi
Genitive	τοῦ σκῡ́ρου toû skū́rou	τοῖν σκῡ́ροιν toîn skū́roin	τῶν σκῡ́ρων tôn skū́rōn
Dative	τῷ σκῡ́ρῳ tôi skū́rōi	τοῖν σκῡ́ροιν toîn skū́roin	τοῖς σκῡ́ροις toîs skū́rois
Accusative	τὸν σκῦρον tòn skûron	τὼ σκῡ́ρω tṑ skū́rō	τοὺς σκῡ́ρους toùs skū́rous
Vocative	σκῦρε skûre	σκῡ́ρω skū́rō	σκῦροι skûroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σκυρώδης (skurṓdēs)
• σκυρωτός (skurōtós)

 

Further reading

• “σκῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN