σκῶρ

See also: σκώρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σκώρ (skṓr)
  • σκᾰ́τος (skắtos)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *skṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱṓr, the collective of *sóḱr̥ (“excrement, dung”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *skarną (“filth, dung”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκῶρ • (skôr) n (genitive σκᾰτός); third declension

  1. dung, excrement, feces

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σκῶρ; τοῦ σκᾰτός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σκῶρ
tò skôr 		τὼ σκᾰ́τε
tṑ skắte 		τᾰ̀ σκᾰ́τᾰ
tằ skắtă
Genitive τοῦ σκᾰτός
toû skătós 		τοῖν σκᾰτοῖν
toîn skătoîn 		τῶν σκᾰτῶν
tôn skătôn
Dative τῷ σκᾰτῐ́
tōî skătĭ́ 		τοῖν σκᾰτοῖν
toîn skătoîn 		τοῖς σκᾰσῐ́ / σκᾰσῐ́ν
toîs skăsĭ́(n)
Accusative τὸ σκῶρ
tò skôr 		τὼ σκᾰ́τε
tṑ skắte 		τᾰ̀ σκᾰ́τᾰ
tằ skắtă
Vocative σκῶρ
skôr 		σκᾰ́τε
skắte 		σκᾰ́τᾰ
skắtă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • σκατοφάγος (skatophágos, “dung-eater”)
  • σκωρῐ́ᾱ (skōrĭ́ā, “slag”)

Descendants

  • Greek: σκατό (skató), κουράδα (kouráda)
  • → Old Georgian: სკორჱ (sḳorē)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκῶρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1365

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