σκίλλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained foreign word, but probably of Pre-Greek origin. Compare Mingrelian შქიშქილა (škiškila, “a kind of garlic”, literally “young, tender, fresh”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skíl.la/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈskil.la/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈscil.la/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈscil.la/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.la/

Noun

σκῐ́λλᾰ • (skĭ́llă) f (genitive σκῐ́λλης); first declension

squill (the name of various plants of the genus Scilla, and particularly Drimia maritima)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκῐ́λλᾰ; τῆς σκῐ́λλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκῐ́λλᾰ hē skĭ́llă	τὼ σκῐ́λλᾱ tṑ skĭ́llā	αἱ σκῐ́λλαι hai skĭ́llai
Genitive	τῆς σκῐ́λλης tês skĭ́llēs	τοῖν σκῐ́λλαιν toîn skĭ́llain	τῶν σκῐλλῶν tôn skĭllôn
Dative	τῇ σκῐ́λλῃ têi skĭ́llēi	τοῖν σκῐ́λλαιν toîn skĭ́llain	ταῖς σκῐ́λλαις taîs skĭ́llais
Accusative	τὴν σκῐ́λλᾰν tḕn skĭ́llăn	τὼ σκῐ́λλᾱ tṑ skĭ́llā	τᾱ̀ς σκῐ́λλᾱς tā̀s skĭ́llās
Vocative	σκῐ́λλᾰ skĭ́llă	σκῐ́λλᾱ skĭ́llā	σκῐ́λλαι skĭ́llai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σκῐ́λλῐνος (skĭ́llĭnos)
σκῐλλῑ́της (skĭllī́tēs)
σκῐλλῑτῐκός (skĭllītĭkós)
σκῐλλώδης (skĭllṓdēs)

Descendants

→ Arabic: إشْقِيل (ʔišqīl), إسْقِيل (ʔisqīl)
- → Medieval Hebrew: אישקיל (ʾišqī́l)
→ Classical Syriac: ܣܩܠܐ (sqillā), ܣܩܝܠܐ (sqīlā), ܐܣܩܝܠ (ʾəsqīl)
→ Latin: scilla
- Translingual: Scilla
- → English: squill
- → French: scille
- → Italian: scilla
- → Spanish: esquila
- → Swedish: scilla