σκανδάληθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκᾰ́νδᾰλον (skắndălon, “trap, snare”) +‎ -θρον (-thron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skan.dá.lɛː.tʰron/ → /skanˈda.li.θron/ → /skanˈda.li.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skan.dá.lɛː.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skanˈda.le̝.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skanˈda.li.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skanˈda.li.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skanˈda.li.θron/

Noun

σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρον • (skăndắlēthron) n (genitive σκᾰνδᾰλήθρου); second declension

1. stick in a trap on which the bait is placed, and which, when touched by the animal, springs up and shuts the trap
2. (figuratively) setting word-traps during a discussion
   • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 687

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρον; τοῦ σκᾰνδᾰλήθρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρον tò skăndắlēthron	τὼ σκᾰνδᾰλήθρω tṑ skăndălḗthrō	τᾰ̀ σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρᾰ tằ skăndắlēthră
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰνδᾰλήθρου toû skăndălḗthrou	τοῖν σκᾰνδᾰλήθροιν toîn skăndălḗthroin	τῶν σκᾰνδᾰλήθρων tôn skăndălḗthrōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰνδᾰλήθρῳ tôi skăndălḗthrōi	τοῖν σκᾰνδᾰλήθροιν toîn skăndălḗthroin	τοῖς σκᾰνδᾰλήθροις toîs skăndălḗthrois
Accusative	τὸ σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρον tò skăndắlēthron	τὼ σκᾰνδᾰλήθρω tṑ skăndălḗthrō	τᾰ̀ σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρᾰ tằ skăndắlēthră
Vocative	σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρον skăndắlēthron	σκᾰνδᾰλήθρω skăndălḗthrō	σκᾰνδᾰ́ληθρᾰ skăndắlēthră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σκανδάληθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκανδάληθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “σκανδάληθρον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011