σκῖρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σκίρρος (skírrhos)

Etymology

According to Furnée, from Pre-Greek and related to σκῦρος (skûros, “chippings of stone”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκῖρος • (skîros) m (genitive σκίρου); second declension

  1. A scrub, hard land overgrown with bushes
  2. (oncology) A hardened swelling or tumour
  3. An induration, a callus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ σκῖρος; τοῦ σκῑ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σκῖρος
ho skîros		 τὼ σκῑ́ρω
tṑ skī́rō		 οἱ σκῖροι
hoi skîroi
Genitive τοῦ σκῑ́ρου
toû skī́rou		 τοῖν σκῑ́ροιν
toîn skī́roin		 τῶν σκῑ́ρων
tôn skī́rōn
Dative τῷ σκῑ́ρῳ
tôi skī́rōi		 τοῖν σκῑ́ροιν
toîn skī́roin		 τοῖς σκῑ́ροις
toîs skī́rois
Accusative τὸν σκῖρον
tòn skîron		 τὼ σκῑ́ρω
tṑ skī́rō		 τοὺς σκῑ́ρους
toùs skī́rous
Vocative σκῖρε
skîre		 σκῑ́ρω
skī́rō		 σκῖροι
skîroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • σκιρία (skiría)
  • σκιρίτης (skirítēs)
  • σκιρόομαι (skiróomai)
  • σκιρός (skirós)
  • σκιρώδης (skirṓdēs)
  • σκίρωμα (skírōma)
  • σκίρωσις (skírōsis)

Descendants

Further reading
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