-σκω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti, inchoative or inceptive suffix.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skɔː/ → /sko/ → /sko/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sko/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sko/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sko/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sko/

Suffix

-σκω • (-skō)

1. Primitive suffix used to form present-tense stems, very rarely associated with the inchoative meaning of becoming

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σκω

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 526, 527