σκορπίουρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter form of σκορπῐ́ουρος (skorpĭ́ouros, “scorpion-tailed”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skor.pí.uː.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.u.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.u.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.u.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.u.ron/
Noun
σκορπῐ́ουρον • (skorpĭ́ouron) n (genitive σκορπῐούρου); second declension
- heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum)
- Synonym: ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (hēlĭotrópĭon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σκορπῐ́ουρον tò skorpĭ́ouron |
τὼ σκορπῐούρω tṑ skorpĭoúrō |
τᾰ̀ σκορπῐ́ουρᾰ tằ skorpĭ́oură | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκορπῐούρου toû skorpĭoúrou |
τοῖν σκορπῐούροιν toîn skorpĭoúroin |
τῶν σκορπῐούρων tôn skorpĭoúrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκορπῐούρῳ tōî skorpĭoúrōi |
τοῖν σκορπῐούροιν toîn skorpĭoúroin |
τοῖς σκορπῐούροις toîs skorpĭoúrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σκορπῐ́ουρον tò skorpĭ́ouron |
τὼ σκορπῐούρω tṑ skorpĭoúrō |
τᾰ̀ σκορπῐ́ουρᾰ tằ skorpĭ́oură | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκορπῐ́ουρον skorpĭ́ouron |
σκορπῐούρω skorpĭoúrō |
σκορπῐ́ουρᾰ skorpĭ́oură | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σκορπίουρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκορπίουρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette