σκίουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally explained as a bahuvrihi compound of σκιά (skiá, “shade, shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), thus "(one who) generates shade with its tail", but this could be a folk etymology, and it might actually be Pre-Greek, if the -ουρος (-ouros) is a suffix rather than a standalone word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skí.uː.ros/ → /ˈsci.u.ros/ → /ˈsci.u.ros/

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

Noun

σκῐ́ουρος • (skĭ́ouros) m (genitive σκῐούρου); second declension

1. squirrel

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σκῐ́ουρος; τοῦ σκῐούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκῐ́ουρος ho skĭ́ouros	τὼ σκῐούρω tṑ skĭoúrō	οἱ σκῐ́ουροι hoi skĭ́ouroi
Genitive	τοῦ σκῐούρου toû skĭoúrou	τοῖν σκῐούροιν toîn skĭoúroin	τῶν σκῐούρων tôn skĭoúrōn
Dative	τῷ σκῐούρῳ tôi skĭoúrōi	τοῖν σκῐούροιν toîn skĭoúroin	τοῖς σκῐούροις toîs skĭoúrois
Accusative	τὸν σκῐ́ουρον tòn skĭ́ouron	τὼ σκῐούρω tṑ skĭoúrō	τοὺς σκῐούρους toùs skĭoúrous
Vocative	σκῐ́ουρε skĭ́oure	σκῐούρω skĭoúrō	σκῐ́ουροι skĭ́ouroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Armenian: սկյուռ (skyuṙ)
• Greek: σκίουρος (skíouros)
• → Latin: sciūrus, sciūrolus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”).

Noun

σκίουρος • (skíouros) m (plural σκίουροι)

1. squirrel

Declension

Declension of σκίουρος

	singular	plural
nominative	σκίουρος (skíouros)	σκίουροι (skíouroi)
genitive	σκίουρου (skíourou)	σκίουρων (skíouron)
accusative	σκίουρο (skíouro)	σκίουρους (skíourous)
vocative	σκίουρε (skíoure)	σκίουροι (skíouroi)

Synonyms

• βερβερίτσα f (ververítsa) (dialect word)

Further reading

• σκίουρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el