σκάρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, perhaps related to σκαίρω (skaírō, “to dance, to jump”) because of its lively movements. Or maybe related to σκαρῖτις (skarîtis, “a kind of stone”) if named after its colour. Both could be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”); see σκορπίος (skorpíos) and Albanian harrok. However, also compare Welsh cerdded (“to leap”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ská.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈska.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈska.ros/

Noun

σκάρος • (skáros) m (genitive σκάρου); second declension

parrotfish

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σκᾰ́ρος; τοῦ σκᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκᾰ́ρος ho skắros	τὼ σκᾰ́ρω tṑ skắrō	οἱ σκᾰ́ροι hoi skắroi
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰ́ρου toû skắrou	τοῖν σκᾰ́ροιν toîn skắroin	τῶν σκᾰ́ρων tôn skắrōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰ́ρῳ tōî skắrōi	τοῖν σκᾰ́ροιν toîn skắroin	τοῖς σκᾰ́ροις toîs skắrois
Accusative	τὸν σκᾰ́ρον tòn skắron	τὼ σκᾰ́ρω tṑ skắrō	τοὺς σκᾰ́ρους toùs skắrous
Vocative	σκᾰ́ρε skắre	σκᾰ́ρω skắrō	σκᾰ́ροι skắroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: scarus
→ Classical Syriac: ܣܩܪܘܣ (/⁠sqrws⁠/)
→ Old Armenian: սկարոս (skaros)
→ Old Georgian: სკაროსი (sḳarosi)
- → Georgian: სკაროსი (sḳarosi) (learned)