Σκύλλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σκῠ́λλη (Skŭ́llē) — Epic

Etymology

Probably from σκύλλω (skúllō, “pluck, tear”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skýl.la/ → /ˈscyl.la/ → /ˈsci.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skýl.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈskyl.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈscyl.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈscyl.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.la/

Proper noun

Σκῠ́λλᾰ • (Skŭ́llă) f (genitive Σκῠ́λλης); first declension

1. Scylla

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σκῠ́λλᾰ; τῆς Σκῠ́λλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σκῠ́λλᾰ hē Skŭ́llă
Genitive	τῆς Σκῠ́λλης tês Skŭ́llēs
Dative	τῇ Σκῠ́λλῃ têi Skŭ́llēi
Accusative	τὴν Σκῠ́λλᾰν tḕn Skŭ́llăn
Vocative	Σκῠ́λλᾰ Skŭ́llă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σκύλλα (Skýlla)
• Italian: Scilla
• Latin: Scylla
• Russian: Сци́лла (Scílla)
• Sicilian: Scigghiu (possibly through an intermediate *Σκῠ́λλῐον)

Further reading

• “Σκύλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Σκύλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
• Σκύλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Proper noun

Σκύλλα • (Skýlla) f

1. (Greek mythology) Scylla

   μεταξύ της Σκύλλας και της Χάρυβδης

   metaxý tis Skýllas kai tis Cháryvdis

   between Scylla and Charybdis

Declension

Declension of Σκύλλα

	singular
nominative	Σκύλλα (Skýlla)
genitive	Σκύλλας (Skýllas)
accusative	Σκύλλα (Skýlla)
vocative	Σκύλλα (Skýlla)

Further reading

• Σκύλλα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el