σκαμβός
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Beekes, this word cannot be separated from σκιμβός (skimbós, “lame”) and the variation α/ι as well as the derivatives with "-υκ-" and "-αλ-" point to a Pre-Greek origin. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱamb- (“bent, crooked”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skam.bós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skamˈbos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /skamˈbos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /skamˈbos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /skamˈbos/
Adjective
[edit]σκαμβός • (skambós) m (feminine σκαμβή, neuter σκαμβόν); first/second declension
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | σκαμβός skambós |
σκαμβή skambḗ |
σκαμβόν skambón |
σκαμβώ skambṓ |
σκαμβᾱ́ skambā́ |
σκαμβώ skambṓ |
σκαμβοί skamboí |
σκαμβαί skambaí |
σκαμβᾰ́ skambá | |||||
Genitive | σκαμβοῦ skamboû |
σκαμβῆς skambês |
σκαμβοῦ skamboû |
σκαμβοῖν skamboîn |
σκαμβαῖν skambaîn |
σκαμβοῖν skamboîn |
σκαμβῶν skambôn |
σκαμβῶν skambôn |
σκαμβῶν skambôn | |||||
Dative | σκαμβῷ skambôi |
σκαμβῇ skambêi |
σκαμβῷ skambôi |
σκαμβοῖν skamboîn |
σκαμβαῖν skambaîn |
σκαμβοῖν skamboîn |
σκαμβοῖς skamboîs |
σκαμβαῖς skambaîs |
σκαμβοῖς skamboîs | |||||
Accusative | σκαμβόν skambón |
σκαμβήν skambḗn |
σκαμβόν skambón |
σκαμβώ skambṓ |
σκαμβᾱ́ skambā́ |
σκαμβώ skambṓ |
σκαμβούς skamboús |
σκαμβᾱ́ς skambā́s |
σκαμβᾰ́ skambá | |||||
Vocative | σκαμβέ skambé |
σκαμβή skambḗ |
σκαμβόν skambón |
σκαμβώ skambṓ |
σκαμβᾱ́ skambā́ |
σκαμβώ skambṓ |
σκαμβοί skamboí |
σκαμβαί skambaí |
σκαμβᾰ́ skambá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σκαμβῶς skambôs |
σκαμβότερος skambóteros |
σκαμβότᾰτος skambótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
[edit]- σκαμβάλυξ (skambálux)
- σκαμβόομαι (skambóomai)
- σκαμβόπους (skambópous)
- σκάμβυκες (skámbukes)
References
[edit]- “σκαμβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκαμβός 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
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms