σκολιός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (crooked), the same root of Latin scelus (curse), German scheel (squinting), Dutch scheel and Albanian çalë (lame).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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σκολῐός (skoliósm (feminine σκολῐᾱ́, neuter σκολῐόν); first/second declension

  1. curved, bent
  2. winding (of rivers and paths)
  3. twisted, tangled
  4. crooked, unjust, unrighteous
  5. riddling, obscure

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós).

Adjective

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σκολιός (skoliósm (feminine σκολιά, neuter σκολιό)

  1. (formal) bent; crooked

Declension

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References

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  • σκολιός”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
  • Stavropoulos, D N (2008) G N Stavropoulos, editor, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press