σκαίρω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unclear. LIV connects Welsh cerdded (to walk), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (to jump), however this is not ascertained. Moreover, the semantic connection is quite weak.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σκαίρω • (skaírō)

  1. to frisk, frolic, skip, dance

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀνᾰσκαίρω (anaskaírō)
  • δῐᾰσκαίρω (diaskaírō)
  • σκᾰρθμός (skarthmós)
  • σκᾰ́ρος (skáros)
  • σκῐρτᾰ́ω (skirtáō)
  • ὑποσκαίρω (huposkaírō)

Further reading

  • σκαίρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • σκαίρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • σκαίρω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • σκαίρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • σκαίρω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • 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
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