-σκω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti, inchoative or inceptive suffix.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sko/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sko/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sko/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sko/
Suffix
-σκω • (-skō)
- Primitive suffix used to form present-tense stems, very rarely associated with the inchoative meaning of becoming
Derived terms
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 526, 527