σκωραμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκῶρ (skôr, “dung, ordure”) +‎ ἀμίς (amís, “chamber pot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skɔː.ra.mís/ → /sko.raˈmis/ → /sko.raˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skɔː.ra.mís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sko.raˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sko.raˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sko.raˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sko.raˈmis/

Noun

σκωρᾰμῐ́ς • (skōrămĭ́s) f (genitive σκωρᾰμῐ́δος); third declension

1. nightstool, chamber pot

   Synonyms: ἀμῐ́ς (amĭ́s), ἐνουρήθρᾰ (enourḗthră), οὐρᾰ́νη (ourắnē), οὐρητρῐ́ς (ourētrĭ́s), χερνῐ́βῐον (khernĭ́bĭon)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σκωρᾰμῐ́ς; τῆς σκωρᾰμῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκωρᾰμῐ́ς hē skōrămĭ́s	τὼ σκωρᾰμῐ́δε tṑ skōrămĭ́de	αἱ σκωρᾰμῐ́δες hai skōrămĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς σκωρᾰμῐ́δος tês skōrămĭ́dos	τοῖν σκωρᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn skōrămĭ́doin	τῶν σκωρᾰμῐ́δων tôn skōrămĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ σκωρᾰμῐ́δῐ têi skōrămĭ́dĭ	τοῖν σκωρᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn skōrămĭ́doin	ταῖς σκωρᾰμῐ́σῐ / σκωρᾰμῐ́σῐν taîs skōrămĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σκωρᾰμῐ́δᾰ tḕn skōrămĭ́dă	τὼ σκωρᾰμῐ́δε tṑ skōrămĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς σκωρᾰμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s skōrămĭ́dăs
Vocative	σκωρᾰμῐ́ς skōrămĭ́s	σκωρᾰμῐ́δε skōrămĭ́de	σκωρᾰμῐ́δες skōrămĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “σκωραμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκωραμίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette