σκύνιον

Ancient Greek

According to Beekes, the word derives from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) and belongs together with Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“shelter, shack”), Latin obscūrus (“dark, obscure”), so that an r/n-stem is supposed. With a suffix -l-, there is σκύλος (skúlos, “animal's skin, hide”), σκῦλα (skûla, “spolia”). Perhaps the root is seen in Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunāti, “he covers, protects”).

σκῠ́νῐον • (skŭ́nĭon) n (genitive σκῠνῐ́ου); second declension

Second declension of τὸ σκῠ́νῐον; τοῦ σκῠνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκῠ́νῐον tò skŭ́nĭon	τὼ σκῠνῐ́ω tṑ skŭnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σκῠ́νῐᾰ tằ skŭ́nĭă
Genitive	τοῦ σκῠνῐ́ου toû skŭnĭ́ou	τοῖν σκῠνῐ́οιν toîn skŭnĭ́oin	τῶν σκῠνῐ́ων tôn skŭnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σκῠνῐ́ῳ tōî skŭnĭ́ōi	τοῖν σκῠνῐ́οιν toîn skŭnĭ́oin	τοῖς σκῠνῐ́οις toîs skŭnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σκῠ́νῐον tò skŭ́nĭon	τὼ σκῠνῐ́ω tṑ skŭnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σκῠ́νῐᾰ tằ skŭ́nĭă
Vocative	σκῠ́νῐον skŭ́nĭon	σκῠνῐ́ω skŭnĭ́ō	σκῠ́νῐᾰ skŭ́nĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.