σκύφος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • (skull): σκύπφος (skúpphos)

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκῠ́φος (skúphos) m (genitive σκῠ́φου); second declension
σκῠ́φος (skúphos) n (genitive σκῠ́φεος or σκῠ́φους); third declension

  1. a cup or can, especially one used by peasants
    1. of wooden milk-vessels
  2. (perhaps) a skull
    • PMag.Par. 1.1996

Declension

Derived terms

  • σκῠφάρῐον (skuphárion)
  • σκῠ́φειος (skúpheios)
  • σκῠφίδῐον (skuphídion)
  • σκῠφῐ́ον (skuphíon)
  • σκῠφοειδής (skuphoeidḗs)
  • σκῠφοκώνακτος (skuphokṓnaktos)
  • σκῠ́φωμᾰ (skúphōma)
  • σκυφών (skuphṓn)

Descendants

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σκύφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 1363-1364

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