σκύβα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκοῦβᾰ (skoûba)

Etymology

Unknown. Only attested in Hesychius. The alternate form σκοῦβα probably shows that this word also existed in another (non-Attic) dialect where the shift /u/ > /y/ did not take place, with <ου> used to represent the old /u/ sound. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈscy.βa/ → /ˈsci.va/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.βa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.va/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.va/

Noun

σκύβα • (skúba)

1. (hapax) (According to Hesychius of Alexandria:) charlock (Brassica arvensis)

   Synonym: λαψάνη (lapsánē)

   • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Σ:

     σκύβα· λάχανον ἡ λαψάνη. τινὲς δὲ σκοῦβα

     skúba; lákhanon hē lapsánē. tinès dè skoûba

     skúba: (herb) charlock - according to some: "skoûba"

Declension

Unknown.

Further reading

• “σκύβα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκύβα - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.