σκῶρ

σκῶρ

See also: σκώρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκώρ (skṓr)
• σκᾰ́τος (skátos)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *skṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱṓr, the collective of *sóḱr̥ (“excrement, dung”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *skarną.[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skɔ̂ːr/ → /skor/ → /skor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skɔ̂ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skor/

Noun

σκῶρ • (skôr) n (genitive σκᾰτός); third declension

1. dung, excrement, feces

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σκῶρ; τοῦ σκᾰτός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκῶρ tò skôr	τὼ σκᾰ́τε tṑ skáte	τᾰ̀ σκᾰ́τᾰ tà skáta
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰτός toû skatós	τοῖν σκᾰτοῖν toîn skatoîn	τῶν σκᾰτῶν tôn skatôn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰτῐ́ tôi skatí	τοῖν σκᾰτοῖν toîn skatoîn	τοῖς σκᾰσῐ́ / σκᾰσῐ́ν toîs skasí(n)
Accusative	τὸ σκῶρ tò skôr	τὼ σκᾰ́τε tṑ skáte	τᾰ̀ σκᾰ́τᾰ tà skáta
Vocative	σκῶρ skôr	σκᾰ́τε skáte	σκᾰ́τᾰ skáta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σκατοφάγος (skatophágos, “dung-eater”)
• σκωρῐ́ᾱ (skōríā, “slag”)

Descendants

• Greek: σκατό (skató), κουράδα (kouráda)
• → Old Georgian: სკორჱ (sḳorē)
  • Georgian: სკორე (sḳore)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σκῶρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1365

Further reading

• “σκῶρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκῶρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dung idem, page 256.
  • excrement idem, page 289.
  • ordure idem, page 579.