σκορπίουρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of σκορπῐ́ουρος (skorpíouros, “scorpion-tailed”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skor.pí.uː.ron/ → /skorˈpi.u.ron/ → /skorˈpi.u.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skor.pí.uː.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skorˈpi.u.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skorˈpi.u.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skorˈpi.u.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skorˈpi.u.ron/

Noun

σκορπῐ́ουρον • (skorpíouron) n (genitive σκορπῐούρου); second declension

1. heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum)

   Synonym: ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (hēliotrópion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σκορπῐ́ουρον; τοῦ σκορπῐούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκορπῐ́ουρον tò skorpíouron	τὼ σκορπῐούρω tṑ skorpioúrō	τᾰ̀ σκορπῐ́ουρᾰ tà skorpíoura
Genitive	τοῦ σκορπῐούρου toû skorpioúrou	τοῖν σκορπῐούροιν toîn skorpioúroin	τῶν σκορπῐούρων tôn skorpioúrōn
Dative	τῷ σκορπῐούρῳ tôi skorpioúrōi	τοῖν σκορπῐούροιν toîn skorpioúroin	τοῖς σκορπῐούροις toîs skorpioúrois
Accusative	τὸ σκορπῐ́ουρον tò skorpíouron	τὼ σκορπῐούρω tṑ skorpioúrō	τᾰ̀ σκορπῐ́ουρᾰ tà skorpíoura
Vocative	σκορπῐ́ουρον skorpíouron	σκορπῐούρω skorpioúrō	σκορπῐ́ουρᾰ skorpíoura
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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