σκολόπενδρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Suggested to be a combination of σκόλοψ (skólops, “thorn”) and ἔντερον (énteron, “earthworm”), but Beekes finds this unconvincing and suggests Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sko.ló.pen.dra/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.pen.dra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.pen.dra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.pen.dra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.pen.dra/

Noun

σκολόπενδρᾰ • (skolópendră) f (genitive σκολοπένδρᾱς); first declension

millipede
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.5,6
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 4.7,4
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 4.1,6
1. the sea scolopendra, an animal from the genus Nereis
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 2.14,2

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκολόπενδρᾰ; τῆς σκολοπένδρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκολόπενδρᾰ hē skolópendră	τὼ σκολοπένδρᾱ tṑ skolopéndrā	αἱ σκολόπενδραι hai skolópendrai
Genitive	τῆς σκολοπένδρᾱς tês skolopéndrās	τοῖν σκολοπένδραιν toîn skolopéndrain	τῶν σκολοπενδρῶν tôn skolopendrôn
Dative	τῇ σκολοπένδρᾳ tēî skolopéndrāi	τοῖν σκολοπένδραιν toîn skolopéndrain	ταῖς σκολοπένδραις taîs skolopéndrais
Accusative	τὴν σκολόπενδρᾰν tḕn skolópendrăn	τὼ σκολοπένδρᾱ tṑ skolopéndrā	τᾱ̀ς σκολοπένδρᾱς tā̀s skolopéndrās
Vocative	σκολόπενδρᾰ skolópendră	σκολοπένδρᾱ skolopéndrā	σκολόπενδραι skolópendrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σκολοπένδρειος (skolopéndreios)
σκολοπένδριον (skolopéndrion)
σκολοπενδρώδης (skolopendrṓdēs)

Descendants

→ Italian: scolopendra
→ French: scolopendre
→ Russian: сколопендра (skolopendra)

Greek

Alternative forms

σκολόπεντρα f (skolópentra)

Noun

σκολόπενδρα • (skolópendra) f (plural σκολόπενδρες)

centipede

Declension

Declension of **σκολόπενδρα**
	singular	plural
nominative	σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra)	σκολόπενδρες (skolópendres)
genitive	σκολόπενδρας (skolópendras)	σκολοπενδρών (skolopendrón)
accusative	σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra)	σκολόπενδρες (skolópendres)
vocative	σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra)	σκολόπενδρες (skolópendres)

Synonyms

σαρανταποδαρούσα f (sarantapodaroúsa)

σκολόπενδρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading