σκάλοψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from σκάλλω (skállō, “to stir up, hoe”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin in view of the suffix common to other animal names, such as δρύοψ (drúops), κόρνοψ (kórnops), κώνωψ (kṓnōps) and πάρνοψ (párnops).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ská.lops/ → /ˈska.lops/ → /ˈska.lops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ská.lops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈska.lops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.lops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.lops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈska.lops/

Noun

σκᾰ́λοψ • (skắlops) m (genitive σκᾰ́λοπος); third declension

1. mole (animal of the family Talpidae)

   Synonyms: ἴνδουρος (índouros), παλαμίς (palamís), σιφνεύς (siphneús), σπάλαξ (spálax)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ σκᾰ́λοψ; τοῦ σκᾰ́λοπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκᾰ́λοψ ho skắlops	τὼ σκᾰ́λοπε tṑ skắlope	οἱ σκᾰ́λοπες hoi skắlopes
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰ́λοπος toû skắlopos	τοῖν σκᾰλόποιν toîn skălópoin	τῶν σκᾰλόπων tôn skălópōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰ́λοπῐ tôi skắlopĭ	τοῖν σκᾰλόποιν toîn skălópoin	τοῖς σκᾰ́λοψῐ / σκᾰ́λοψῐν toîs skắlopsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν σκᾰ́λοπᾰ tòn skắlopă	τὼ σκᾰ́λοπε tṑ skắlope	τοὺς σκᾰ́λοπᾰς toùs skắlopăs
Vocative	σκᾰ́λοψ skắlops	σκᾰ́λοπε skắlope	σκᾰ́λοπες skắlopes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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