σκίουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally explained as a bahuvrihi compound of σκιά (skiá, “shade, shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), thus "(one who) generates shade with its tail", but this could be a folk etymology, and it might actually be Pre-Greek, if the -ουρος (-ouros) is a suffix rather than a standalone word.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκῐ́ουρος • (skĭ́ouros) m (genitive σκῐούρου); second declension

  1. squirrel

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σκῐ́ουρος; τοῦ σκῐούρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σκῐ́ουρος
ho skĭ́ouros 		τὼ σκῐούρω
tṑ skĭoúrō 		οἱ σκῐ́ουροι
hoi skĭ́ouroi
Genitive τοῦ σκῐούρου
toû skĭoúrou 		τοῖν σκῐούροιν
toîn skĭoúroin 		τῶν σκῐούρων
tôn skĭoúrōn
Dative τῷ σκῐούρῳ
tōî skĭoúrōi 		τοῖν σκῐούροιν
toîn skĭoúroin 		τοῖς σκῐούροις
toîs skĭoúrois
Accusative τὸν σκῐ́ουρον
tòn skĭ́ouron 		τὼ σκῐούρω
tṑ skĭoúrō 		τοὺς σκῐούρους
toùs skĭoúrous
Vocative σκῐ́ουρε
skĭ́oure 		σκῐούρω
skĭoúrō 		σκῐ́ουροι
skĭ́ouroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Armenian: սկյուռ (skyuṙ)
  • Greek: σκίουρος (skíouros)
  • → Latin: sciūrus, sciūrolus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκίουρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1354

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsci.u.ros/

Noun

σκίουρος • (skíouros) m (plural σκίουροι)

  1. squirrel

Declension

Declension of σκίουρος
singular plural
nominative σκίουρος (skíouros) σκίουροι (skíouroi)
genitive σκίουρου (skíourou) σκίουρων (skíouron)
accusative σκίουρο (skíouro) σκίουρους (skíourous)
vocative σκίουρε (skíoure) σκίουροι (skíouroi)

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