σκορπίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skor.pí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.on/
Noun
σκορπῐ́ον • (skorpíon) n (genitive σκορπῐ́ου); second declension
- jointfir (Ephedra distachya)
- Synonyms: τᾰ́ργᾰνον (tárganon), τρᾰ́γος (trágos)
- squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
- Synonyms: σίκυς άγριος m (síkus ágrios), ἐλατήριον n (elatḗrion), νότιον n (nótion), βουβάλιον n (boubálion), βάλλις f (bállis), σκόπιον n (skópion), γρῦνον n (grûnon), πευκέδανον n (peukédanon), φέρομβρον n (phérombron)
Declension
Second declension of τὸ σκορπῐ́ον; τοῦ σκορπῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σκορπῐ́ον tò skorpíon | τὼ σκορπῐ́ω tṑ skorpíō | τᾰ̀ σκορπῐ́ᾰ tà skorpía | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σκορπῐ́ου toû skorpíou | τοῖν σκορπῐ́οιν toîn skorpíoin | τῶν σκορπῐ́ων tôn skorpíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σκορπῐ́ῳ tôi skorpíōi | σκορπῐ́οιν skorpíoin | τοῖς σκορπῐ́οις toîs skorpíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σκορπῐ́ον tò skorpíon | σκορπῐ́ω skorpíō | τᾰ̀ σκορπῐ́ᾰ tà skorpía | ||||||||||
Vocative | σκορπῐ́ον skorpíon | σκορπῐ́ω skorpíō | σκορπῐ́ᾰ skorpía | ||||||||||
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References
- σκορπίον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκορπίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette