σκίναρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Often connected with σκῆνος (skênos, “corpse”) which, if correct, could point to a Pre-Greek origin. The suffix -αρ can also be seen in κύδαρ (kúdar), ἴκταρ (íktar), and σῦφαρ (sûphar).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skí.nar/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈski.nar/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.nar/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.nar/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.nar/

Noun

σκῐ́νᾰρ • (skínar) n (genitive σκῐ́νᾰρος); third declension

(anatomy) body

Declension

Third declension of τὸ σκῐ́νᾰρ; τοῦ σκῐ́νᾰρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκῐ́νᾰρ tò skínar	τὼ σκῐ́νᾰρε tṑ skínare	τᾰ̀ σκῐ́νᾰρες tà skínares
Genitive	τοῦ σκῐ́νᾰρος toû skínaros	τοῖν σκῐνᾰ́ροιν toîn skinároin	τῶν σκῐνᾰ́ρων tôn skinárōn
Dative	τῷ σκῐ́νᾰρῐ tôi skínari	τοῖν σκῐνᾰ́ροιν toîn skinároin	τοῖς σκῐ́νᾰρσῐ / σκῐ́νᾰρσῐν toîs skínarsi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σκῐ́νᾰρᾰ tò skínara	τὼ σκῐ́νᾰρε tṑ skínare	τᾰ̀ σκῐ́νᾰρᾰς tà skínaras
Vocative	σκῐ́νᾰρ skínar	σκῐ́νᾰρε skínare	σκῐ́νᾰρες skínares
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“σκίναρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σκίναρ 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