σκῖρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σκίρρος (skírrhos)

Etymology

According to Furnée, from Pre-Greek and related to σκῦρος (skûros, “chippings of stone”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκῖρος • (skîros) m (genitive σκίρου); second declension

  1. A scrub, hard land overgrown with bushes
  2. (oncology) A hardened swelling or tumour
  3. An induration, a callus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σκῖρος; τοῦ σκῑ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σκῖρος
ho skîros 		τὼ σκῑ́ρω
tṑ skī́rō 		οἱ σκῖροι
hoi skîroi
Genitive τοῦ σκῑ́ρου
toû skī́rou 		τοῖν σκῑ́ροιν
toîn skī́roin 		τῶν σκῑ́ρων
tôn skī́rōn
Dative τῷ σκῑ́ρῳ
tōî skī́rōi 		τοῖν σκῑ́ροιν
toîn skī́roin 		τοῖς σκῑ́ροις
toîs skī́rois
Accusative τὸν σκῖρον
tòn skîron 		τὼ σκῑ́ρω
tṑ skī́rō 		τοὺς σκῑ́ρους
toùs skī́rous
Vocative σκῖρε
skîre 		σκῑ́ρω
skī́rō 		σκῖροι
skîroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • σκιρία (skiría)
  • σκιρίτης (skirítēs)
  • σκιρόομαι (skiróomai)
  • σκιρός (skirós)
  • σκιρώδης (skirṓdēs)
  • σκίρωμα (skírōma)
  • σκίρωσις (skírōsis)

Descendants

  • → Latin: scirros
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سكیروس (sekiros)

Further reading

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