σκίρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly reflecting a Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyr-o- (“shine, reflex”), whence also Albanian hir (“heavenly grace”), Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, lucid”), and Proto-Slavic *ščirъ (“sincere, frank”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skí.ron/ → /ˈsci.ron/ → /ˈsci.ron/

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

Noun

σκίρον • (skíron) n (genitive σκίρου); second declension

1. parasol, canopy, held in processions in Skiron in honour of the goddess Athena Skiras

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σκῐ́ρον; τοῦ σκῐ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκῐ́ρον tò skĭ́ron	τὼ σκῐ́ρω tṑ skĭ́rō	τᾰ̀ σκῐ́ρᾰ tằ skĭ́ră
Genitive	τοῦ σκῐ́ρου toû skĭ́rou	τοῖν σκῐ́ροιν toîn skĭ́roin	τῶν σκῐ́ρων tôn skĭ́rōn
Dative	τῷ σκῐ́ρῳ tôi skĭ́rōi	τοῖν σκῐ́ροιν toîn skĭ́roin	τοῖς σκῐ́ροις toîs skĭ́rois
Accusative	τὸ σκῐ́ρον tò skĭ́ron	τὼ σκῐ́ρω tṑ skĭ́rō	τᾰ̀ σκῐ́ρᾰ tằ skĭ́ră
Vocative	σκῐ́ρον skĭ́ron	σκῐ́ρω skĭ́rō	σκῐ́ρᾰ skĭ́ră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σκίρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σκίρον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011