σκωραμίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκῶρ (skôr, “dung, ordure”) + ἀμίς (amís, “chamber pot”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skɔː.ra.mís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sko.raˈmis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sko.raˈmis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sko.raˈmis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sko.raˈmis/
Noun
σκωρᾰμῐ́ς • (skōramís) f (genitive σκωρᾰμῐ́δος); third declension
- nightstool, chamber pot
- Synonyms: ἀμῐ́ς (amís), ἐνουρήθρᾰ (enourḗthra), οὐρᾰ́νη (ouránē), οὐρητρῐ́ς (ourētrís), χερνῐ́βῐον (kherníbion)
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ σκωρᾰμῐ́ς; τῆς σκωρᾰμῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σκωρᾰμῐ́ς hē skōramís | τὼ σκωρᾰμῐ́δε tṑ skōramíde | αἱ σκωρᾰμῐ́δες hai skōramídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σκωρᾰμῐ́δος tês skōramídos | τοῖν σκωρᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn skōramídoin | τῶν σκωρᾰμῐ́δων tôn skōramídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σκωρᾰμῐ́δῐ têi skōramídi | σκωρᾰμῐ́δοιν skōramídoin | ταῖς σκωρᾰμῐ́σῐ / σκωρᾰμῐ́σῐν taîs skōramísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σκωρᾰμῐ́δᾰ tḕn skōramída | σκωρᾰμῐ́δε skōramíde | τᾱ̀ς σκωρᾰμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s skōramídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | σκωρᾰμῐ́ς skōramís | σκωρᾰμῐ́δε skōramíde | σκωρᾰμῐ́δες skōramídes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- σκωραμίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκωραμίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette