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 • (skílla) 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 skílla	τὼ σκῐ́λλᾱ tṑ skíllā	αἱ σκῐ́λλαι hai skíllai
Genitive	τῆς σκῐ́λλης tês skíllēs	τοῖν σκῐ́λλαιν toîn skíllain	τῶν σκῐλλῶν tôn skillôn
Dative	τῇ σκῐ́λλῃ têi skíllēi	τοῖν σκῐ́λλαιν toîn skíllain	ταῖς σκῐ́λλαις taîs skíllais
Accusative	τὴν σκῐ́λλᾰν tḕn skíllan	τὼ σκῐ́λλᾱ tṑ skíllā	τᾱ̀ς σκῐ́λλᾱς tā̀s skíllās
Vocative	σκῐ́λλᾰ skílla	σκῐ́λλᾱ skíllā	σκῐ́λλαι skíllai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σκῐ́λλῐνος (skíllinos)
σκῐλλῑ́της (skillī́tēs)
σκῐλλῑτῐκός (skillītikós)
σκῐλλώδης (skillṓdēs)

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