σκύλλω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editPerhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), although the vowel is hard to explain. Unrelated to σκῦτος (skûtos, “hide, skin”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skyl.lɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skyl.lo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /scyl.lo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /scyl.lo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sci.lo/
Verb
editσκύλλω • (skúllō)
- to tear apart, lacerate, flay, skin
- (figurative) to molest, maltreat
- to trouble, pester
- to infest, plunder
Inflection
edit Present: σκύλλω, σκύλλομαι
Imperfect: ἔσκυλλον, ἐσκυλλόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔσκυλλον | ἔσκυλλες | ἔσκυλλε(ν) | ἐσκύλλετον | ἐσκυλλέτην | ἐσκύλλομεν | ἐσκύλλετε | ἔσκυλλον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐσκυλλόμην | ἐσκύλλου | ἐσκύλλετο | ἐσκύλλεσθον | ἐσκυλλέσθην | ἐσκυλλόμεθᾰ | ἐσκύλλεσθε | ἐσκύλλοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: σκῡλήσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | σκῡλήσομαι | σκῡλήσῃ, σκῡλήσει |
σκῡλήσεται | σκῡλήσεσθον | σκῡλήσεσθον | σκῡλησόμεθᾰ | σκῡλήσεσθε | σκῡλήσονται | ||||
optative | σκῡλησοίμην | σκῡλήσοιο | σκῡλήσοιτο | σκῡλήσοισθον | σκῡλησοίσθην | σκῡλησοίμεθᾰ | σκῡλήσοισθε | σκῡλήσοιντο | |||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | σκῡλήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | σκῡλησόμενος | |||||||||||
f | σκῡλησομένη | ||||||||||||
n | σκῡλησόμενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐσκῡ́λθην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
passive | indicative | ἐσκῡ́λθην | ἐσκῡ́λθης | ἐσκῡ́λθη | ἐσκῡ́λθητον | ἐσκῡλθήτην | ἐσκῡ́λθημεν | ἐσκῡ́λθητε | ἐσκῡ́λθησᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | σκῡλθῶ | σκῡλθῇς | σκῡλθῇ | σκῡλθῆτον | σκῡλθῆτον | σκῡλθῶμεν | σκῡλθῆτε | σκῡλθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | σκῡλθείην | σκῡλθείης | σκῡλθείη | σκῡλθεῖτον, σκῡλθείητον |
σκῡλθείτην, σκῡλθειήτην |
σκῡλθεῖμεν, σκῡλθείημεν |
σκῡλθεῖτε, σκῡλθείητε |
σκῡλθεῖεν, σκῡλθείησᾰν | |||||
imperative | σκῡ́λθητῐ | σκῡλθήτω | σκῡ́λθητον | σκῡλθήτων | σκῡ́λθητε | σκῡλθέντων | |||||||
passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | σκῡλθῆναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | σκῡλθείς | |||||||||||
f | σκῡλθεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | σκῡλθέν | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἔσκῡλμαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | ἔσκῡλμαι | ἔσκῡλσαι | ἔσκῡλται | ἔσκῡλθον | ἔσκῡλθον | ἐσκῡ́λμεθᾰ | ἔσκῡλθε | ἐσκῡ́λᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | ἐσκῡλμένος ὦ | ἐσκῡλμένος ᾖς | ἐσκῡλμένος ᾖ | ἐσκῡλμένω ἦτον | ἐσκῡλμένω ἦτον | ἐσκῡλμένοι ὦμεν | ἐσκῡλμένοι ἦτε | ἐσκῡλμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ἐσκῡλμένος εἴην | ἐσκῡλμένος εἴης | ἐσκῡλμένος εἴη | ἐσκῡλμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | ἐσκῡλμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | ἐσκῡλμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | ἐσκῡλμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | ἐσκῡλμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | ἔσκῡλσο | ἐσκῡ́λθω | ἔσκῡλθον | ἐσκῡ́λθων | ἔσκῡλθε | ἐσκῡ́λθων | |||||||
infinitive | ἐσκῦλθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ἐσκῡλμένος | |||||||||||
f | ἐσκῡλμένη | ||||||||||||
n | ἐσκῡλμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐσκῡ́λμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | ἐσκῡ́λμην | ἔσκῡλσο | ἔσκῡλτο | ἔσκῡλθον | ἐσκῡ́λθην | ἐσκῡ́λμεθᾰ | ἔσκῡλθε | ἐσκῡ́λᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
edit- ἀποσκύλλω (aposkúllō)
- ἐπισκύλλω (episkúllō)
- προσκύλλω (proskúllō)
- συνσκύλλομαι (sunskúllomai)
Related terms
edit- ἄσκυλτος (áskultos)
- κoσκυλμάτια n pl (koskulmátia)
- σκῦλα n pl (skûla)
- σκυλεία f (skuleía)
- σκυλεύω (skuleúō)
- σκύλμα n (skúlma)
- σκυλμός m (skulmós)
- σκυλμώδης (skulmṓdēs)
- σκυλοδεψέω (skulodepséō)
- σκύλος n (skúlos)
- σκυλοφόρος (skulophóros)
- σκύλσις f (skúlsis)
- σκυλτικός (skultikós)
References
edit- “σκύλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκύλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G4660 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1361