σκιμβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the relation with σκαμβός (skambós, “bent”) points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skim.bós/ → /scimˈbos/ → /scimˈbos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skim.bós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skimˈbos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /scimˈbos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /scimˈbos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /scimˈbos/

Adjective

σκῐμβός • (skimbós) m (feminine σκῐμβή, neuter σκῐμβόν); first/second declension

1. halt, lame

   Synonym: χωλός (khōlós)

Inflection

First and second declension of σκῐμβός; σκῐμβή; σκῐμβόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σκῐμβός skimbós	σκῐμβή skimbḗ	σκῐμβόν skimbón		σκῐμβώ skimbṓ	σκῐμβᾱ́ skimbā́	σκῐμβώ skimbṓ		σκῐμβοί skimboí	σκῐμβαί skimbaí	σκῐμβᾰ́ skimbá
Genitive		σκῐμβοῦ skimboû	σκῐμβῆς skimbês	σκῐμβοῦ skimboû		σκῐμβοῖν skimboîn	σκῐμβαῖν skimbaîn	σκῐμβοῖν skimboîn		σκῐμβῶν skimbôn	σκῐμβῶν skimbôn	σκῐμβῶν skimbôn
Dative		σκῐμβῷ skimbôi	σκῐμβῇ skimbêi	σκῐμβῷ skimbôi		σκῐμβοῖν skimboîn	σκῐμβαῖν skimbaîn	σκῐμβοῖν skimboîn		σκῐμβοῖς skimboîs	σκῐμβαῖς skimbaîs	σκῐμβοῖς skimboîs
Accusative		σκῐμβόν skimbón	σκῐμβήν skimbḗn	σκῐμβόν skimbón		σκῐμβώ skimbṓ	σκῐμβᾱ́ skimbā́	σκῐμβώ skimbṓ		σκῐμβούς skimboús	σκῐμβᾱ́ς skimbā́s	σκῐμβᾰ́ skimbá
Vocative		σκῐμβέ skimbé	σκῐμβή skimbḗ	σκῐμβόν skimbón		σκῐμβώ skimbṓ	σκῐμβᾱ́ skimbā́	σκῐμβώ skimbṓ		σκῐμβοί skimboí	σκῐμβαί skimbaí	σκῐμβᾰ́ skimbá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σκῐμβῶς skimbôs				σκῐμβότερος skimbóteros				σκῐμβότᾰτος skimbótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σκῐμβᾰ́ζω (skimbázō)
• σκῐμβᾰσμός (skimbasmós)

 

Further reading

• “σκιμβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκιμβός 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