σκάλμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκάλλω (skállō, “to stir up, to hoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, separate”); see also Sanskrit कल (kalá, “small part”)), Hittite [script needed] (iškalla, “to tear apart, slit open”), Lithuanian skélti (“to split”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skál.mɛː/ → /ˈskal.mi/ → /ˈskal.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skál.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈskal.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈskal.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈskal.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈskal.mi/

Noun

σκάλμη • (skálmē) f (genitive σκάλμης); first declension

1. A short sword, a knife

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκάλμη; τῆς σκάλμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκάλμη hē skálmē	τὼ σκάλμᾱ tṑ skálmā	αἱ σκάλμαι hai skálmai
Genitive	τῆς σκάλμης tês skálmēs	τοῖν σκάλμαιν toîn skálmain	τῶν σκαλμῶν tôn skalmôn
Dative	τῇ σκάλμῃ têi skálmēi	τοῖν σκάλμαιν toîn skálmain	ταῖς σκάλμαις taîs skálmais
Accusative	τὴν σκάλμην tḕn skálmēn	τὼ σκάλμᾱ tṑ skálmā	τᾱ̀ς σκάλμᾱς tā̀s skálmās
Vocative	σκάλμη skálmē	σκάλμᾱ skálmā	σκάλμαι skálmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “σκάλμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκάλμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκάλλω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1340