σκίμπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Interpreted as *σκιμπέ-πους (*skimpé-pous) and connected with σκίμπτομαι (skímptomai, “to throw, sling”) (itself possibly from a cross of σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop”) and χρίμπτω (khrímptō, “to force one's way near”); compare Proto-Germanic *grīpaną). A connection with σκιμβός (skimbós, “lame, crooked”) is semantically unlikely.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skím.puːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈskim.pus/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈscim.pus/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈscim.pus/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈscim.bus/

Noun

σκῐ́μπους • (skímpous) m (genitive σκῐ́μποδος); third declension

small couch, pallet, straw bed
kind of hammock used by invalids travelling

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σκῐ́μπους; τοῦ σκῐ́μποδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκῐ́μπους ho skímpous	τὼ σκῐ́μποδε tṑ skímpode	οἱ σκῐ́μποδες hoi skímpodes
Genitive	τοῦ σκῐ́μποδος toû skímpodos	τοῖν σκῐμπόδοιν toîn skimpódoin	τῶν σκῐμπόδων tôn skimpódōn
Dative	τῷ σκῐ́μποδῐ tôi skímpodi	τοῖν σκῐμπόδοιν toîn skimpódoin	τοῖς σκῐ́μποσῐ / σκῐ́μποσῐν toîs skímposi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σκῐ́μποδᾰ tòn skímpoda	τὼ σκῐ́μποδε tṑ skímpode	τοὺς σκῐ́μποδᾰς toùs skímpodas
Vocative	σκῐ́μπους skímpous	σκῐ́μποδε skímpode	σκῐ́μποδες skímpodes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

σκιμπόδιον (skimpódion)

Descendants

Greek: σκίμπους (skímpous)

References

“σκίμπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“σκίμπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
σκίμπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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