σκύλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of σκύλαξ (skúlax, “puppy”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ský.li.on/ → /ˈscy.li.on/ → /ˈsci.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ský.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsky.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.li.on/

Noun

σκύλῐον • (skúlion) n (genitive σκῠλίου); second declension

1. dogfish
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 6.10.10

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σκῠ́λῐον; τοῦ σκῠλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκῠ́λῐον tò skúlion	τὼ σκῠλῐ́ω tṑ skulíō	τᾰ̀ σκῠ́λῐᾰ tà skúlia
Genitive	τοῦ σκῠλῐ́ου toû skulíou	τοῖν σκῠλῐ́οιν toîn skulíoin	τῶν σκῠλῐ́ων tôn skulíōn
Dative	τῷ σκῠλῐ́ῳ tôi skulíōi	τοῖν σκῠλῐ́οιν toîn skulíoin	τοῖς σκῠλῐ́οις toîs skulíois
Accusative	τὸ σκῠ́λῐον tò skúlion	τὼ σκῠλῐ́ω tṑ skulíō	τᾰ̀ σκῠ́λῐᾰ tà skúlia
Vocative	σκῠ́λῐον skúlion	σκῠλῐ́ω skulíō	σκῠ́λῐᾰ skúlia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: canicula (calque)

Further reading

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