σκῶλος

See also: Σκῶλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σκῶλον (skôlon)

Etymology

The word resembles σκόλοψ (skólops, “palisade”) and, outside Greek, Albanian hell (“icicle; skewer”), Lithuanian kuõlas (“pole”) and Proto-Slavic *kolъ (“stake”). Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to hew”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκῶλος • (skôlos) m (genitive σκώλου); second declension

  1. A pointed stake
  2. A thorn, a prickle

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ σκῶλος; τοῦ σκώλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σκῶλος
ho skôlos		 τὼ σκώλω
tṑ skṓlō		 οἱ σκῶλοι
hoi skôloi
Genitive τοῦ σκώλου
toû skṓlou		 τοῖν σκώλοιν
toîn skṓloin		 τῶν σκώλων
tôn skṓlōn
Dative τῷ σκώλῳ
tôi skṓlōi		 τοῖν σκώλοιν
toîn skṓloin		 τοῖς σκώλοις
toîs skṓlois
Accusative τὸν σκῶλον
tòn skôlon		 τὼ σκώλω
tṑ skṓlō		 τοὺς σκώλους
toùs skṓlous
Vocative σκῶλε
skôle		 σκώλω
skṓlō		 σκῶλοι
skôloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • σκωλοβάτης (skōlobátēs)
  • σκωλοβατίζω (skōlobatízō)

Further reading
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