σκάριφος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκᾰ́ρῑφον (skắrīphon)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-. Cognates include Latin scrībō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ská.riː.pʰos/ → /ˈska.ri.ɸos/ → /ˈska.ri.fos/

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

Noun

σκᾰ́ρῑφος • (skắrīphos) m (genitive σκᾰρῑ́φου); second declension

1. planing
2. writing
3. drawing

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σκᾰ́ρῑφος; τοῦ σκᾰρῑ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκᾰ́ρῑφος ho skắrīphos	τὼ σκᾰρῑ́φω tṑ skărī́phō	οἱ σκᾰ́ρῑφοι hoi skắrīphoi
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰρῑ́φου toû skărī́phou	τοῖν σκᾰρῑ́φοιν toîn skărī́phoin	τῶν σκᾰρῑ́φων tôn skărī́phōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰρῑ́φῳ tôi skărī́phōi	τοῖν σκᾰρῑ́φοιν toîn skărī́phoin	τοῖς σκᾰρῑ́φοις toîs skărī́phois
Accusative	τὸν σκᾰ́ρῑφον tòn skắrīphon	τὼ σκᾰρῑ́φω tṑ skărī́phō	τοὺς σκᾰρῑ́φους toùs skărī́phous
Vocative	σκᾰ́ρῑφε skắrīphe	σκᾰρῑ́φω skărī́phō	σκᾰ́ρῑφοι skắrīphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (planing): ξέσῐς (xésĭs)
• (writing): γρᾰφή (grăphḗ)
• (drawing): μίμησῐς (mímēsĭs)

References

• “σκάριφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκάριφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette