σκίουρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally explained as σκιά (skiá, “shade, shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), but this could be a folk etymology, and it might actually be Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skí.uː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈski.u.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsci.u.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsci.u.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsci.u.ros/
Noun
σκῐ́ουρος • (skíouros) m (genitive σκῐούρου); second declension
- squirrel
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ σκῐ́ουρος; τοῦ σκῐούρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σκῐ́ουρος ho skíouros | τὼ σκῐούρω tṑ skioúrō | οἱ σκῐ́ουροι hoi skíouroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σκῐούρου toû skioúrou | τοῖν σκῐούροιν toîn skioúroin | τῶν σκῐούρων tôn skioúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σκῐούρῳ tôi skioúrōi | τοῖν σκῐούροιν toîn skioúroin | τοῖς σκῐούροις toîs skioúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σκῐ́ουρον tòn skíouron | τὼ σκῐούρω tṑ skioúrō | τοὺς σκῐούρους toùs skioúrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | σκῐ́ουρε skíoure | σκῐούρω skioúrō | σκῐ́ουροι skíouroi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Armenian: սկյուռ (skyuṙ)
- Greek: σκίουρος (skíouros)
- → Latin: sciūrus, sciūrolus (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “σκίουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκίουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”).
Noun
σκίουρος • (skíouros) m (plural σκίουροι)
- squirrel
Declension
declension of σκίουρος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | σκίουρος • | σκίουροι • |
genitive | σκίουρου • | σκίουρων • |
accusative | σκίουρο • | σκίουρους • |
vocative | σκίουρε • | σκίουροι • |
Synonyms
- βερβερίτσα f (ververítsa) (dialect word)
Further reading
- σκίουρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el