Σκύλλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σκῠ́λλη (Skúllē) — Epic

Etymology

Probably from σκύλλω (skúllō, “pluck, tear”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skýl.la/ → /ˈscyl.la/ → /ˈsci.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skýl.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈskyl.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈscyl.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈscyl.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.la/

Proper noun

Σκῠ́λλᾰ • (Skúlla) f (genitive Σκῠ́λλης); first declension

1. Scylla

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σκῠ́λλᾰ; τῆς Σκῠ́λλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σκῠ́λλᾰ hē Skúlla
Genitive	τῆς Σκῠ́λλης tês Skúllēs
Dative	τῇ Σκῠ́λλῃ têi Skúllēi
Accusative	τὴν Σκῠ́λλᾰν tḕn Skúllan
Vocative	Σκῠ́λλᾰ Skúlla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σκύλλα (Skýlla)
• Italian: Scilla
• Latin: Scylla
• Russian: Сци́лла (Scílla)
• Sicilian: Scigghiu (possibly through an intermediate *Σκῠ́λλῐον)

Further reading

• “Σκύλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Σκύλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
• Σκύλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Proper noun

Σκύλλα • (Skýlla) f

1. (Greek mythology) Scylla

   μεταξύ της Σκύλλας και της Χάρυβδης

   metaxý tis Skýllas kai tis Cháryvdis

   between Scylla and Charybdis

Declension

  Σκύλλα

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Σκύλλα •
genitive	Σκύλλας •
accusative	Σκύλλα •
vocative	Σκύλλα •

Further reading

• Σκύλλα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el