σκαῦρος

See also: Σκαῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skâu̯.ros/ → /ˈska.βros/ → /ˈska.vros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skâu̯.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈskaw.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.βros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.vros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈska.vros/

Adjective

σκαῦρος • (skaûros) m or f (neuter σκαῦρον); second declension

1. (of a horse) possessing skewed or deviating hooves

Inflection

Second declension of σκαῦρος; σκαῦρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σκαῦρος skaûros	σκαῦρον skaûron		σκαύρω skaúrō	σκαύρω skaúrō		σκαῦροι skaûroi	σκαῦρᾰ skaûra
Genitive		σκαύρου skaúrou	σκαύρου skaúrou		σκαύροιν skaúroin	σκαύροιν skaúroin		σκαύρων skaúrōn	σκαύρων skaúrōn
Dative		σκαύρῳ skaúrōi	σκαύρῳ skaúrōi		σκαύροιν skaúroin	σκαύροιν skaúroin		σκαύροις skaúrois	σκαύροις skaúrois
Accusative		σκαῦρον skaûron	σκαῦρον skaûron		σκαύρω skaúrō	σκαύρω skaúrō		σκαύρους skaúrous	σκαῦρᾰ skaûra
Vocative		σκαῦρε skaûre	σκαῦρον skaûron		σκαύρω skaúrō	σκαύρω skaúrō		σκαῦροι skaûroi	σκαῦρᾰ skaûra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		σκαύρως skaúrōs			σκαυρότερος skauróteros			σκαυρότᾰτος skaurótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: scaurus

Further reading

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