σκίουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally explained as σκιά (skiá, “shade, shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), but this could be a folk etymology, and it might actually be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκῐ́ουρος • (skíouros) m (genitive σκῐούρου); second declension

  1. squirrel

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ σκῐ́ουρος; τοῦ σκῐούρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σκῐ́ουρος
ho skíouros		 τὼ σκῐούρω
tṑ skioúrō		 οἱ σκῐ́ουροι
hoi skíouroi
Genitive τοῦ σκῐούρου
toû skioúrou		 τοῖν σκῐούροιν
toîn skioúroin		 τῶν σκῐούρων
tôn skioúrōn
Dative τῷ σκῐούρῳ
tôi skioúrōi		 τοῖν σκῐούροιν
toîn skioúroin		 τοῖς σκῐούροις
toîs skioúrois
Accusative τὸν σκῐ́ουρον
tòn skíouron		 τὼ σκῐούρω
tṑ skioúrō		 τοὺς σκῐούρους
toùs skioúrous
Vocative σκῐ́ουρε
skíoure		 σκῐούρω
skioúrō		 σκῐ́ουροι
skíouroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Armenian: սկյուռ (skyuṙ)
  • Greek: σκίουρος (skíouros)
  • → Latin: sciūrus, sciūrolus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”).

Noun

σκίουρος • (skíouros) m (plural σκίουροι)

  1. squirrel

Declension
declension of σκίουρος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative σκίουρος • σκίουροι •
genitive σκίουρου • σκίουρων •
accusative σκίουρο • σκίουρους •
vocative σκίουρε • σκίουροι •

Synonyms

Further reading
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