σκώψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κώψ (kṓps)

Etymology

Pre-Greek.[1] Folk etymology tends to connect this with σκώπτω (skṓptō) and σκέπτομαι (sképtomai).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκώψ • (skṓps) m (genitive σκωπός); third declension

  1. a small owl

Declension
Third declension of ὁ σκώψ; τοῦ σκωπός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σκώψ
ho skṓps		 τὼ σκῶπε
tṑ skôpe		 οἱ σκῶπες
hoi skôpes
Genitive τοῦ σκωπός
toû skōpós		 τοῖν σκωποῖν
toîn skōpoîn		 τῶν σκωπῶν
tôn skōpôn
Dative τῷ σκωπῐ́
tôi skōpí		 τοῖν σκωποῖν
toîn skōpoîn		 τοῖς σκωψῐ́ / σκωψῐ́ν
toîs skōpsí(n)
Accusative τὸν σκῶπᾰ
tòn skôpa		 τὼ σκῶπε
tṑ skôpe		 τοὺς σκῶπᾰς
toùs skôpas
Vocative σκώψ
skṓps		 σκῶπε
skôpe		 σκῶπες
skôpes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  1. 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, page 1365

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