σκάνδαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”), and compared with Latin scandō (“to ascend”), Sanskrit स्कन्दति (skandati, “to jump, hop, hurry”). The original sense, per Beekes, was probably "a piece of wood hanging on ropes, used by acrobats as well as trap-setters"; under the Indo-European theory, the term would thus be interpreted as "wood for jumping or climbing". Beekes is unconvinced by the semantics, as well as the unexplained -α- (-a-) in the Greek form, and prefers to take it as Pre-Greek, though admits the possibility of a loan from some other lost Indo-European language, perhaps from the root *skend- mentioned above.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκᾰ́νδᾰλον • (skắndălon) n (genitive σκᾰνδᾰ́λου); second declension

  1. trap, snare
  2. enticement, temptation
  3. offense, scandal
  4. stumbling block

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σκᾰ́νδᾰλον; τοῦ σκᾰνδᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σκᾰ́νδᾰλον
tò skắndălon 		τὼ σκᾰνδᾰ́λω
tṑ skăndắlō 		τᾰ̀ σκᾰ́νδᾰλᾰ
tằ skắndălă
Genitive τοῦ σκᾰνδᾰ́λου
toû skăndắlou 		τοῖν σκᾰνδᾰ́λοιν
toîn skăndắloin 		τῶν σκᾰνδᾰ́λων
tôn skăndắlōn
Dative τῷ σκᾰνδᾰ́λῳ
tōî skăndắlōi 		τοῖν σκᾰνδᾰ́λοιν
toîn skăndắloin 		τοῖς σκᾰνδᾰ́λοις
toîs skăndắlois
Accusative τὸ σκᾰ́νδᾰλον
tò skắndălon 		τὼ σκᾰνδᾰ́λω
tṑ skăndắlō 		τᾰ̀ σκᾰ́νδᾰλᾰ
tằ skắndălă
Vocative σκᾰ́νδᾰλον
skắndălon 		σκᾰνδᾰ́λω
skăndắlō 		σκᾰ́νδᾰλᾰ
skắndălă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκάνδαλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1341-2
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkandull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 417

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