σκωρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκῶρ (skôr, “dung”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skoˈri.a/ → /skoˈri.a/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skoˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skoˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skoˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skoˈri.a/

Noun

σκωρῐ́ᾱ • (skōrĭ́ā) f (genitive σκωρῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Koine)

1. (Koine) slag, dross of metal, scoria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκωρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σκωρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκωρῐ́ᾱ hē skōrĭ́ā	τὼ σκωρῐ́ᾱ tṑ skōrĭ́ā	αἱ σκωρῐ́αι hai skōrĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς σκωρῐ́ᾱς tês skōrĭ́ās	τοῖν σκωρῐ́αιν toîn skōrĭ́ain	τῶν σκωρῐῶν tôn skōrĭôn
Dative	τῇ σκωρῐ́ᾳ têi skōrĭ́āi	τοῖν σκωρῐ́αιν toîn skōrĭ́ain	ταῖς σκωρῐ́αις taîs skōrĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν σκωρῐ́ᾱν tḕn skōrĭ́ān	τὼ σκωρῐ́ᾱ tṑ skōrĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς σκωρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s skōrĭ́ās
Vocative	σκωρῐ́ᾱ skōrĭ́ā	σκωρῐ́ᾱ skōrĭ́ā	σκωρῐ́αι skōrĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σκουριά (skouriá)
• → Latin: scōria

Further reading

• “σκωρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σκωρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σκωρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette