σκανδάληθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκᾰ́νδᾰλον (skándalon, “trap, snare”) +‎ -θρον (-thron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skan.dá.lɛː.tʰron/ → /skanˈda.li.θron/ → /skanˈda.li.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skan.dá.lɛː.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skanˈda.le̝.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skanˈda.li.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skanˈda.li.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skanˈda.li.θron/

Noun

σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρον • (skandálēthron) n (genitive σκᾰνδᾰλήθρου); second declension

1. stick in a trap on which the bait is placed, and which, when touched by the animal, springs up and shuts the trap
2. (figuratively) setting word-traps during a discussion
   • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 687

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρον; τοῦ σκᾰνδᾰλήθρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρον tò skandálēthron	τὼ σκᾰνδᾰλήθρω tṑ skandalḗthrō	τᾰ̀ σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρᾰ tà skandálēthra
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰνδᾰλήθρου toû skandalḗthrou	τοῖν σκᾰνδᾰλήθροιν toîn skandalḗthroin	τῶν σκᾰνδᾰλήθρων tôn skandalḗthrōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰνδᾰλήθρῳ tôi skandalḗthrōi	τοῖν σκᾰνδᾰλήθροιν toîn skandalḗthroin	τοῖς σκᾰνδᾰλήθροις toîs skandalḗthrois
Accusative	τὸ σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρον tò skandálēthron	τὼ σκᾰνδᾰλήθρω tṑ skandalḗthrō	τᾰ̀ σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρᾰ tà skandálēthra
Vocative	σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρον skandálēthron	σκᾰνδᾰλήθρω skandalḗthrō	σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρᾰ skandálēthra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σκανδάληθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκανδάληθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “σκανδάληθρον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011