σκίουρος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Traditionally explained as σκιά (skiá, “shade, shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), but this could be a folk etymology, and it might actually be Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skí.uː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈski.u.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsci.u.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsci.u.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsci.u.ros/
Noun edit
σκῐ́ουρος • (skíouros) m (genitive σκῐούρου); second declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σκῐ́ουρος ho skíouros |
τὼ σκῐούρω tṑ skioúrō |
οἱ σκῐ́ουροι hoi skíouroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σκῐούρου toû skioúrou |
τοῖν σκῐούροιν toîn skioúroin |
τῶν σκῐούρων tôn skioúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σκῐούρῳ tôi skioúrōi |
τοῖν σκῐούροιν toîn skioúroin |
τοῖς σκῐούροις toîs skioúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σκῐ́ουρον tòn skíouron |
τὼ σκῐούρω tṑ skioúrō |
τοὺς σκῐούρους toùs skioúrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | σκῐ́ουρε skíoure |
σκῐούρω skioúrō |
σκῐ́ουροι skíouroi | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- → Armenian: սկյուռ (skyuṙ)
- Greek: σκίουρος (skíouros)
- → Latin: sciūrus, sciūrolus (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- “σκίουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκίουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”).
Noun edit
σκίουρος • (skíouros) m (plural σκίουροι)
Declension edit
declension of σκίουρος
Synonyms edit
- βερβερίτσα f (ververítsa) (dialect word)
Further reading edit
- σκίουρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el