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[edit] Ancient Greek
[edit] Etymology
From σκύλλω (skullō), “‘I lacerate, flay’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (Classical): IPA: [skʉ́los]
- (Byzantine): IPA: [scˈylos]
σκύλος (genitive σκύλεος, σκύλους) n, third declension; (skulos)
- skin, hide
[edit] Inflection
This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. σκύλεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.
The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm.
[edit] References
[edit] Pronunciation
σκύλος m. (skýlos) (plural σκύλοι (skýloi))
- dog
[edit] Inflection
