σκάλοψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from σκάλλω (skállō, “to stir up, hoe”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin in view of the suffix common to other animal names, such as δρύοψ (drúops), κόρνοψ (kórnops), κώνωψ (kṓnōps) and πάρνοψ (párnops).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ská.lops/ → /ˈska.lops/ → /ˈska.lops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ská.lops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈska.lops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.lops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.lops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈska.lops/

Noun

σκᾰ́λοψ • (skálops) m (genitive σκᾰ́λοπος); third declension

1. mole (animal of the family Talpidae)

   Synonyms: ἴνδουρος (índouros), παλαμίς (palamís), σιφνεύς (siphneús), σπάλαξ (spálax)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ σκᾰ́λοψ; τοῦ σκᾰ́λοπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκᾰ́λοψ ho skálops	τὼ σκᾰ́λοπε tṑ skálope	οἱ σκᾰ́λοπες hoi skálopes
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰ́λοπος toû skálopos	τοῖν σκᾰλόποιν toîn skalópoin	τῶν σκᾰλόπων tôn skalópōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰ́λοπῐ tôi skálopi	τοῖν σκᾰλόποιν toîn skalópoin	τοῖς σκᾰ́λοψῐ / σκᾰ́λοψῐν toîs skálopsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σκᾰ́λοπᾰ tòn skálopa	τὼ σκᾰ́λοπε tṑ skálope	τοὺς σκᾰ́λοπᾰς toùs skálopas
Vocative	σκᾰ́λοψ skálops	σκᾰ́λοπε skálope	σκᾰ́λοπες skálopes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σκάλοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκάλοψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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