σκέλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skélos (“curve, bending”), from *(s)kel- (“to curve, bend”).

Possibly related are σκελίς (skelís), σχελίς (skhelís, “rib(s) (of beef)”), but these may instead be from *(s)kelH- (“to cut, carve, split”) (cf. σκάλλω (skállō), σκύλλω (skúllō)), or Pre-Greek.

Noun

σκέλος • (skélos) n (genitive σκέλεος); third declension

(anatomy) leg

Derived terms

ἰσοσκελής (isoskelḗs)

References

Frisk, Hjalmar (1970), “σκέλος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 723–724
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
“σκέλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σκέλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
σκέλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
G4628 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- leg idem, page 484.

Greek

Noun

σκέλος • (skélos) n

leg
part (distinct element of anything consisting of alike elements)

Declension

declension of σκέλος

case \\ number	singular	plural
nominative	σκέλος •	σκέλη •
genitive	σκέλους •	σκελών •
accusative	σκέλος •	σκέλη •
vocative	σκέλος •	σκέλη •
Also σκέλια, colloquial nominative plural for legs.