σχελίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σκελῐ́ς (skelĭ́s)

Etymology

The entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):

"Generally taken as from σκέλος (skélos, “leg”), which is not impossible semantically, but certainly incorrect given the variant form, which points to Pre-Greek origin."

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰe.lís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰeˈlis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sçeˈlis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sçeˈlis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sçeˈlis/

Noun

σχελῐ́ς • (skhelĭ́s) f (genitive σχελῐ́δος); third declension

(mostly in the plural) ribs of beef
sides of bacon

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σχελῐ́ς; τῆς σχελῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σχελῐ́ς hē skhelĭ́s	τὼ σχελῐ́δε tṑ skhelĭ́de	αἱ σχελῐ́δες hai skhelĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς σχελῐ́δος tês skhelĭ́dos	τοῖν σχελῐ́δοιν toîn skhelĭ́doin	τῶν σχελῐ́δων tôn skhelĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ σχελῐ́δῐ tēî skhelĭ́dĭ	τοῖν σχελῐ́δοιν toîn skhelĭ́doin	ταῖς σχελῐ́σῐ / σχελῐ́σῐν taîs skhelĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σχελῐ́δᾰ tḕn skhelĭ́dă	τὼ σχελῐ́δε tṑ skhelĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς σχελῐ́δᾰς tā̀s skhelĭ́dăs
Vocative	σχελῐ́ς skhelĭ́s	σχελῐ́δε skhelĭ́de	σχελῐ́δες skhelĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

Greek: σκελίδα (skelída)