ἀσκάλαβος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀσκαλαβώτης (askalabṓtēs), καλαβώτης (kalabṓtēs), σκαλαβώτης (skalabṓtēs), χαλαβώτης (khalabṓtēs)

Etymology

Clearly a Pre-Greek word, in view of the ending in “-βος” (often found in animal names) and the several variations. Less probable is a connection with σκάλοψ (skálops, “mole”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.ká.la.bos/ → /asˈka.la.βos/ → /asˈka.la.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.ká.la.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈka.la.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈka.la.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈka.la.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈka.la.vos/

Noun

ἀσκάλαβος • (askálabos) m (genitive ἀσκαλᾰ́βου); second declension

1. spotted lizard, gecko

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀσκάλᾰβος; τοῦ ἀσκαλᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀσκάλᾰβος ho askálabos	τὼ ἀσκαλᾰ́βω tṑ askalábō	οἱ ἀσκάλᾰβοι hoi askálaboi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσκαλᾰ́βου toû askalábou	τοῖν ἀσκαλᾰ́βοιν toîn askaláboin	τῶν ἀσκαλᾰ́βων tôn askalábōn
Dative	τῷ ἀσκαλᾰ́βῳ tôi askalábōi	τοῖν ἀσκαλᾰ́βοιν toîn askaláboin	τοῖς ἀσκαλᾰ́βοις toîs askalábois
Accusative	τὸν ἀσκάλᾰβον tòn askálabon	τὼ ἀσκαλᾰ́βω tṑ askalábō	τοὺς ἀσκαλᾰ́βους toùs askalábous
Vocative	ἀσκάλᾰβε askálabe	ἀσκαλᾰ́βω askalábō	ἀσκάλᾰβοι askálaboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀσκάλαβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσκάλαβος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN