σκορπίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skor.pí.on/ → /skorˈpi.on/ → /skorˈpi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skor.pí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skorˈpi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skorˈpi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skorˈpi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skorˈpi.on/

Noun

σκορπῐ́ον • (skorpíon) n (genitive σκορπῐ́ου); second declension

1. jointfir (Ephedra distachya)

   Synonyms: τᾰ́ργᾰνον (tárganon), τρᾰ́γος (trágos)

2. squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)

   Synonyms: σίκυς άγριος m (síkus ágrios), ἐλατήριον n (elatḗrion), νότιον n (nótion), βουβάλιον n (boubálion), βάλλις f (bállis), σκόπιον n (skópion), γρῦνον n (grûnon), πευκέδανον n (peukédanon), φέρομβρον n (phérombron)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σκορπῐ́ον; τοῦ σκορπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκορπῐ́ον tò skorpíon	τὼ σκορπῐ́ω tṑ skorpíō	τᾰ̀ σκορπῐ́ᾰ tà skorpía
Genitive	τοῦ σκορπῐ́ου toû skorpíou	τοῖν σκορπῐ́οιν toîn skorpíoin	τῶν σκορπῐ́ων tôn skorpíōn
Dative	τῷ σκορπῐ́ῳ tôi skorpíōi	τοῖν σκορπῐ́οιν toîn skorpíoin	τοῖς σκορπῐ́οις toîs skorpíois
Accusative	τὸ σκορπῐ́ον tò skorpíon	τὼ σκορπῐ́ω tṑ skorpíō	τᾰ̀ σκορπῐ́ᾰ tà skorpía
Vocative	σκορπῐ́ον skorpíon	σκορπῐ́ω skorpíō	σκορπῐ́ᾰ skorpía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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