σκολόπενδρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Suggested to be a combination of σκόλοψ (skólops, “thorn”) and ἔντερον (énteron, “earthworm”), but Beekes finds this unconvincing and suggests Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκολόπενδρᾰ • (skolópendra) f (genitive σκολοπένδρᾱς); first declension

  1. millipede
    1. the sea scolopendra, an animal from the genus Nereis
  2. a kind of fern, hart's tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium

Inflection
First declension of ἡ σκολόπενδρᾰ; τῆς σκολοπένδρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σκολόπενδρᾰ
hē skolópendra		 τὼ σκολοπένδρᾱ
tṑ skolopéndrā		 αἱ σκολόπενδραι
hai skolópendrai
Genitive τῆς σκολοπένδρᾱς
tês skolopéndrās		 τοῖν σκολοπένδραιν
toîn skolopéndrain		 τῶν σκολοπενδρῶν
tôn skolopendrôn
Dative τῇ σκολοπένδρᾳ
têi skolopéndrāi		 τοῖν σκολοπένδραιν
toîn skolopéndrain		 ταῖς σκολοπένδραις
taîs skolopéndrais
Accusative τὴν σκολόπενδρᾰν
tḕn skolópendran		 τὼ σκολοπένδρᾱ
tṑ skolopéndrā		 τᾱ̀ς σκολοπένδρᾱς
tā̀s skolopéndrās
Vocative σκολόπενδρᾰ
skolópendra		 σκολοπένδρᾱ
skolopéndrā		 σκολόπενδραι
skolópendrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms
  • (fern): σκολοπένδριον (skolopéndrion)

Descendants
  • Italian: scolopendra
  • Russian: сколопендра (skolopendra)

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Noun

σκολόπενδρα • (skolópendra) f (plural σκολόπενδρες)

  1. centipede

Declension
declension of σκολόπενδρα
singular plural
nominative σκολόπενδρα • σκολόπενδρες •
genitive σκολόπενδρας • σκολοπενδρών •
accusative σκολόπενδρα • σκολόπενδρες •
vocative σκολόπενδρα • σκολόπενδρες •

Synonyms

Further reading
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