σκόπελος

Ancient Greek

Maybe related to σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “to look at”), if the original meaning of the word is “watchtower”.

σκόπελος • (skópelos) m (genitive σκοπέλου); second declension

Second declension of ὁ σκόπελος; τοῦ σκοπέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκόπελος ho skópelos	τὼ σκοπέλω tṑ skopélō	οἱ σκόπελοι hoi skópeloi
Genitive	τοῦ σκοπέλου toû skopélou	τοῖν σκοπέλοιν toîn skopéloin	τῶν σκοπέλων tôn skopélōn
Dative	τῷ σκοπέλῳ tōî skopélōi	τοῖν σκοπέλοιν toîn skopéloin	τοῖς σκοπέλοις toîs skopélois
Accusative	τὸν σκόπελον tòn skópelon	τὼ σκοπέλω tṑ skopélō	τοὺς σκοπέλους toùs skopélous
Vocative	σκόπελε skópele	σκοπέλω skopélō	σκόπελοι skópeloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Latin: scopulus
- Italian: scoppio (“cliff”) (medieval hapax, Umbria)
- Vulgar Latin: *scoculum (see there for further descendants)
- → Italian: scopulo (learned)