σκόπελος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Maybe related to σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “to look at”) if the original meaning of the word is watchtower.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skó.pe.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsko.pe.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsko.pe.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsko.pe.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsko.pe.los/
Noun
σκόπελος • (skópelos) m (genitive σκοπέλου); second declension
- lookout place
- peak; headland, promontory
- watchtower
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σκόπελος ho skópelos |
τὼ σκοπέλω tṑ skopélō |
οἱ σκόπελοι hoi skópeloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκοπέλου toû skopélou |
τοῖν σκοπέλοιν toîn skopéloin |
τῶν σκοπέλων tôn skopélōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκοπέλῳ tôi skopélōi |
τοῖν σκοπέλοιν toîn skopéloin |
τοῖς σκοπέλοις toîs skopélois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σκόπελον tòn skópelon |
τὼ σκοπέλω tṑ skopélō |
τοὺς σκοπέλους toùs skopélous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκόπελε skópele |
σκοπέλω skopélō |
σκόπελοι skópeloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σκοπελίζω (skopelízō)
- σκοπελοδρόμος (skopelodrómos)
- σκοπελοειδής (skopeloeidḗs)
- σκοπελώδης (skopelṓdēs)
Descendants
Further reading
- “σκόπελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκόπελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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, →ISBN
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