σκορπίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skor.pí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.on/
Noun
σκορπῐ́ον • (skorpĭ́on) n (genitive σκορπῐ́ου); second declension
- jointfir (Ephedra distachya)
- squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
- Synonyms: σίκυς άγριος m (síkus ágrios), ἐλατήριον n (elatḗrion), νότιον n (nótion), βουβάλιον n (boubálion), βάλλις f (bállis), σκόπιον n (skópion), γρῦνον n (grûnon), πευκέδανον n (peukédanon), φέρομβρον n (phérombron)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σκορπῐ́ον tò skorpĭ́on |
τὼ σκορπῐ́ω tṑ skorpĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σκορπῐ́ᾰ tằ skorpĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκορπῐ́ου toû skorpĭ́ou |
τοῖν σκορπῐ́οιν toîn skorpĭ́oin |
τῶν σκορπῐ́ων tôn skorpĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκορπῐ́ῳ tōî skorpĭ́ōi |
τοῖν σκορπῐ́οιν toîn skorpĭ́oin |
τοῖς σκορπῐ́οις toîs skorpĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σκορπῐ́ον tò skorpĭ́on |
τὼ σκορπῐ́ω tṑ skorpĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σκορπῐ́ᾰ tằ skorpĭ́ă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκορπῐ́ον skorpĭ́on |
σκορπῐ́ω skorpĭ́ō |
σκορπῐ́ᾰ skorpĭ́ă | ||||||||||
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References
- “σκορπίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκορπίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette