σκαλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκάλλω (skállō, “to stir up, hoe”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ska.lís/ → /skaˈlis/ → /skaˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ska.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skaˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skaˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skaˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skaˈlis/

Noun

σκᾰλίς • (skalís) f (genitive σκᾰλίδος); third declension

1. hoe or shovel

   Synonym: σκαφεῖον (skapheîon)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σκᾰλῐ́ς; τῆς σκᾰλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκᾰλῐ́ς hē skalís	τὼ σκᾰλῐ́δε tṑ skalíde	αἱ σκᾰλῐ́δες hai skalídes
Genitive	τῆς σκᾰλῐ́δος tês skalídos	τοῖν σκᾰλῐ́δοιν toîn skalídoin	τῶν σκᾰλῐ́δων tôn skalídōn
Dative	τῇ σκᾰλῐ́δῐ têi skalídi	τοῖν σκᾰλῐ́δοιν toîn skalídoin	ταῖς σκᾰλῐ́σῐ / σκᾰλῐ́σῐν taîs skalísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σκᾰλῐ́δᾰ tḕn skalída	τὼ σκᾰλῐ́δε tṑ skalíde	τᾱ̀ς σκᾰλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s skalídas
Vocative	σκᾰλῐ́ς skalís	σκᾰλῐ́δε skalíde	σκᾰλῐ́δες skalídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “σκαλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκαλίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette