σκύβαλον
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Neumann compares this word with Hittite [script needed] (išḫuwai-, “to throw, scatter, pour”), while Furnée with κύπελλον (kúpellon, “whatever dough and bread is left over on the table”). If the last theory is correct, then the word could be of Pre-Greek origin. However, while κύπελλον (kúpellon) provides only superficial similarities (note the differences in the consonants), a non-Hittite Anatolian form *šḫuwai provides a perfect match. The immediate Anatolian source cannot be identified more precisely, since neither the phonology nor the morphology is specific enough. Possible candidates are Luwian, Lydian or Palaic.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ský.ba.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsky.ba.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.
β a.lon/ - (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.va.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsci.va.lon/
Noun[edit]
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | tò skúbalon |
tṑ skubálō |
tà skúbala | ||||||||||
Genitive | toû skubálou |
toîn skubáloin |
tôn skubálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | tôi skubálōi |
toîn skubáloin |
toîs skubálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | tò skúbalon |
tṑ skubálō |
tà skúbala | ||||||||||
Vocative | skúbalon |
skubálō |
skúbala | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
σ κ ῠβ ᾰλώδης (skubalṓdēs)σ κ ῠβ ᾰλ ῐ́ζ ω (skubalízō)σ κ ῠβ ᾰλ ῐκός (skubalikós)σ κ ῠβ ᾰλ ῐσμός (skubalismós)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: scybala
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “σκύβαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκύβαλον 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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