σκαίρω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unclear. LIV connects Welsh cerdded (“to walk”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (“to jump”), however this is not ascertained. Moreover, the semantic connection is quite weak.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skǎi̯.rɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈskɛ.ro/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈscɛ.ro/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsce.ro/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsce.ro/
Verb
[edit]σκαίρω • (skaírō)
Conjugation
[edit] Present: σκαίρω, σκαίρομαι
Imperfect: ἔσκαιρον, ἐσκαιρόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔσκαιρον | ἔσκαιρες | ἔσκαιρε(ν) | ἐσκαίρετον | ἐσκαιρέτην | ἐσκαίρομεν | ἐσκαίρετε | ἔσκαιρον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐσκαιρόμην | ἐσκαίρου | ἐσκαίρετο | ἐσκαίρεσθον | ἐσκαιρέσθην | ἐσκαιρόμεθᾰ | ἐσκαίρεσθε | ἐσκαίροντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “σκαίρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σκαίρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “σκαίρω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- σκαίρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σκαίρω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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