σκάριφος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκᾰ́ρῑφον (skárīphon)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-. Cognates include Latin scrībō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ská.riː.pʰos/ → /ˈska.ri.ɸos/ → /ˈska.ri.fos/

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

Noun

σκᾰ́ρῑφος • (skárīphos) m (genitive σκᾰρῑ́φου); second declension

1. planing
2. writing
3. drawing

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σκᾰ́ρῑφος; τοῦ σκᾰρῑ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκᾰ́ρῑφος ho skárīphos	τὼ σκᾰρῑ́φω tṑ skarī́phō	οἱ σκᾰ́ρῑφοι hoi skárīphoi
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰρῑ́φου toû skarī́phou	τοῖν σκᾰρῑ́φοιν toîn skarī́phoin	τῶν σκᾰρῑ́φων tôn skarī́phōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰρῑ́φῳ tôi skarī́phōi	τοῖν σκᾰρῑ́φοιν toîn skarī́phoin	τοῖς σκᾰρῑ́φοις toîs skarī́phois
Accusative	τὸν σκᾰ́ρῑφον tòn skárīphon	τὼ σκᾰρῑ́φω tṑ skarī́phō	τοὺς σκᾰρῑ́φους toùs skarī́phous
Vocative	σκᾰ́ρῑφε skárīphe	σκᾰρῑ́φω skarī́phō	σκᾰ́ρῑφοι skárīphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (planing): ξέσῐς (xésis)
• (writing): γρᾰφή (graphḗ)
• (drawing): μίμησῐς (mímēsis)

References

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