σκάρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, perhaps related to σκαίρω (skaírō, “to dance, to jump”) because of its lively movements. Or maybe related to σκαρῖτις (skarîtis, “a kind of stone”) if named after its colour. Both could be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”); see σκορπίος (skorpíos) and Albanian harrok. However, also compare Welsh cerdded (“to leap”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ská.ros/ → /ˈska.ros/ → /ˈska.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ská.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈska.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈska.ros/

Noun

σκάρος • (skáros) m (genitive σκάρου); second declension

1. parrotfish

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σκᾰ́ρος; τοῦ σκᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκᾰ́ρος ho skáros	τὼ σκᾰ́ρω tṑ skárō	οἱ σκᾰ́ροι hoi skároi
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰ́ρου toû skárou	τοῖν σκᾰ́ροιν toîn skároin	τῶν σκᾰ́ρων tôn skárōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰ́ρῳ tôi skárōi	τοῖν σκᾰ́ροιν toîn skároin	τοῖς σκᾰ́ροις toîs skárois
Accusative	τὸν σκᾰ́ρον tòn skáron	τὼ σκᾰ́ρω tṑ skárō	τοὺς σκᾰ́ρους toùs skárous
Vocative	σκᾰ́ρε skáre	σκᾰ́ρω skárō	σκᾰ́ροι skároi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: scarus
• → Classical Syriac: ܣܩܪܘܣ (/⁠sqrws⁠/)
• → Old Armenian: սկարոս (skaros)
• → Old Georgian: სკაროსი (sḳarosi)
  • → Georgian: სკაროსი (sḳarosi) (learned)

Further reading

• “σκάρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκάρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN