Σκύλλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from σκύλλω (skúllō, “pluck, tear”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σκῠ́λλᾰ • (Skúlla) f (genitive Σκῠ́λλης); first declension

  1. Scylla

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Σκῠ́λλᾰ; τῆς Σκῠ́λλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σκῠ́λλᾰ
hē Skúlla
Genitive τῆς Σκῠ́λλης
tês Skúllēs
Dative τῇ Σκῠ́λλῃ
têi Skúllēi
Accusative τὴν Σκῠ́λλᾰν
tḕn Skúllan
Vocative Σκῠ́λλᾰ
Skúlla
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Σκύλλα (Skýlla)
  • Italian: Scilla
  • Latin: Scylla
  • Russian: Сци́лла (Scílla)
  • Sicilian: Scigghiu (possibly through an intermediate *Σκῠ́λλῐον)

Further reading

Greek

Proper noun

Σκύλλα • (Skýlla) f

  1. (Greek mythology) Scylla
    μεταξύ της Σκύλλας και της Χάρυβδης
    metaxý tis Skýllas kai tis Cháryvdis
    between Scylla and Charybdis

Declension
  Σκύλλα
case     \     number singular
nominative Σκύλλα •
genitive Σκύλλας •
accusative Σκύλλα •
vocative Σκύλλα •

Further reading
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