Σκύλλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from σκύλλω (skúllō, “pluck, tear”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σκῠ́λλᾰ • (Skŭ́llă) f (genitive Σκῠ́λλης); first declension

  1. Scylla

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σκῠ́λλᾰ; τῆς Σκῠ́λλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σκῠ́λλᾰ
hē Skŭ́llă
Genitive τῆς Σκῠ́λλης
tês Skŭ́llēs
Dative τῇ Σκῠ́λλῃ
tēî Skŭ́llēi
Accusative τὴν Σκῠ́λλᾰν
tḕn Skŭ́llăn
Vocative Σκῠ́λλᾰ
Skŭ́llă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Σκύλλα (Skýlla)
  • Italian: Scilla
  • Latin: Scylla
  • Russian: Сци́лла (Scílla)
  • Sicilian: Scigghiu (possibly through an intermediate *Σκῠ́λλῐον)

Further reading

Greek

Proper noun

Σκύλλα • (Skýlla) f

  1. (Greek mythology) Scylla
    μεταξύ της Σκύλλας και της Χάρυβδης
    metaxý tis Skýllas kai tis Cháryvdis
    between Scylla and Charybdis

Declension

Declension of Σκύλλα
singular
nominative Σκύλλα (Skýlla)
genitive Σκύλλας (Skýllas)
accusative Σκύλλα (Skýlla)
vocative Σκύλλα (Skýlla)

Further reading

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