Σκῦρος

See also: σκῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκῦρος (skûros).

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/

Proper noun

Σκῦρος • (Skûros) f (genitive Σκῡ́ρου); second declension

1. Scyrus; Skyros, one of the Sporades islands in Greece.

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Σκῦρος; τῆς Σκῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σκῦρος hē Skûros
Genitive	τῆς Σκῡ́ρου tês Skū́rou
Dative	τῇ Σκῡ́ρῳ têi Skū́rōi
Accusative	τὴν Σκῦρον tḕn Skûron
Vocative	Σκῦρε Skûre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σκύριος (Skúrios)

Descendants

• → English: Skyros
• Greek: Σκύρος (Skýros)
• → Latin: Scyrus

Further reading

• “Σκῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024