σκόλοψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σκόλοφρον (skólophron)

Etymology

Uncertain. Often derived from σκάλλω (skállō, “to stir, hoe”) or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₃p-, from *(s)kelh₃- (“to cut”), and so related to Latin scalpō (“I scratch”), English shelf and Lithuanian sklempti (“to plane”).

Beekes & Klein dismiss an Indo-European origin and instead suggest Pre-Greek, due to the variant σκόλοφρον (skólophron).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκόλοψ • (skólops) m (genitive σκολοπός); third declension

  1. A pale, a stake; a palisade
  2. (medicine) An instrument for operating on the urethra
  3. The point of a fishing hook

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σκόλοψ; τοῦ σκόλοπος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σκόλοψ
ho skólops 		τὼ σκόλοπε
tṑ skólope 		οἱ σκόλοπες
hoi skólopes
Genitive τοῦ σκόλοπος
toû skólopos 		τοῖν σκολόποιν
toîn skolópoin 		τῶν σκολόπων
tôn skolópōn
Dative τῷ σκόλοπῐ
tōî skólopĭ 		τοῖν σκολόποιν
toîn skolópoin 		τοῖς σκόλοψῐ / σκόλοψῐν
toîs skólopsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν σκόλοπᾰ
tòn skólopă 		τὼ σκόλοπε
tṑ skólope 		τοὺς σκόλοπᾰς
toùs skólopăs
Vocative σκόλοψ
skólops 		σκόλοπε
skólope 		σκόλοπες
skólopes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: scolops

Further reading

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