σκώψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κώψ (kṓps)

Etymology

Usually connected to the root Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”), whence also σκέπτομαι (sképtomai).

Beekes claims that this is Pre-Greek based on an assumption that it could be related to the Macedonian dialectal γώψ (gṓps, “jackdaw”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκώψ • (skṓps) m (genitive σκωπός); third declension

  1. a small owl

Declension

Third declension of ὁ σκώψ; τοῦ σκωπός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σκώψ
ho skṓps 		τὼ σκῶπε
tṑ skôpe 		οἱ σκῶπες
hoi skôpes
Genitive τοῦ σκωπός
toû skōpós 		τοῖν σκωποῖν
toîn skōpoîn 		τῶν σκωπῶν
tôn skōpôn
Dative τῷ σκωπῐ́
tōî skōpĭ́ 		τοῖν σκωποῖν
toîn skōpoîn 		τοῖς σκωψῐ́ / σκωψῐ́ν
toîs skōpsĭ́(n)
Accusative τὸν σκῶπᾰ
tòn skôpă 		τὼ σκῶπε
tṑ skôpe 		τοὺς σκῶπᾰς
toùs skôpăs
Vocative σκώψ
skṓps 		σκῶπε
skôpe 		σκῶπες
skôpes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 75, 78

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