σκώληξ

Ancient Greek

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to curve, bend”), like σκέλος (skélos, “leg”) and σκολιός (skoliós, “bent, crooked”). The suffix "-ηκ-" is also found in σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”) and μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”).

σκώληξ • (skṓlēx) m (genitive σκώληκος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ σκώληξ; τοῦ σκώληκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκώληξ ho skṓlēx	τὼ σκώληκε tṑ skṓlēke	οἱ σκώληκες hoi skṓlēkes
Genitive	τοῦ σκώληκος toû skṓlēkos	τοῖν σκωλήκοιν toîn skōlḗkoin	τῶν σκωλήκων tôn skōlḗkōn
Dative	τῷ σκώληκῐ tôi skṓlēki	τοῖν σκωλήκοιν toîn skōlḗkoin	τοῖς σκώληξῐ / σκώληξῐν toîs skṓlēxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σκώληκᾰ tòn skṓlēka	τὼ σκώληκε tṑ skṓlēke	τοὺς σκώληκᾰς toùs skṓlēkas
Vocative	σκώληξ skṓlēx	σκώληκε skṓlēke	σκώληκες skṓlēkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

σκώληξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σκώληξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
σκώληξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
G4663 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- larva idem, page 477.
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

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