σκίρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly reflecting a Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyr-o- (“shine, reflex”), whence also Albanian hir (“heavenly grace”), Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, lucid”) and Proto-Slavic *ščirъ (“sincere, frank”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skí.ron/ → /ˈsci.ron/ → /ˈsci.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skí.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈski.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.ron/

Noun

σκίρον • (skíron) n (genitive σκίρου); second declension

1. parasol, canopy, held in processions in Skiron in honour of the goddess Athena Skiras

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σκῐ́ρον; τοῦ σκῐ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκῐ́ρον tò skíron	τὼ σκῐ́ρω tṑ skírō	τᾰ̀ σκῐ́ρᾰ tà skíra
Genitive	τοῦ σκῐ́ρου toû skírou	τοῖν σκῐ́ροιν toîn skíroin	τῶν σκῐ́ρων tôn skírōn
Dative	τῷ σκῐ́ρῳ tôi skírōi	τοῖν σκῐ́ροιν toîn skíroin	τοῖς σκῐ́ροις toîs skírois
Accusative	τὸ σκῐ́ρον tò skíron	τὼ σκῐ́ρω tṑ skírō	τᾰ̀ σκῐ́ρᾰ tà skíra
Vocative	σκῐ́ρον skíron	σκῐ́ρω skírō	σκῐ́ρᾰ skíra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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