From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, separate”). The verb has generally been connected to Old Armenian ցելում (cʻelum, “to split, tear”) Hittite 𒅖𒆗𒆷𒄿 (iškalla, “to tear apart, slit open”) and Lithuanian skélti (“to split”). The geminate -λλ- seems to go back to either *σκάλ-ιω (*skál-iō) (as in Lithuanian skiliù (“to strike fire”)), or *σκάλ-νω (*skál-nō), with a nasal present like Lithuanian skilù (“to split off, separate oneself”), Old Armenian քաղեմ (kʻałem, “to pluck, weed, mow, harvest”).
σκᾰ́λλω • (skállō)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔσκᾰλλον | ἔσκᾰλλες | ἔσκᾰλλε(ν) | ἐσκᾰ́λλετον | ἐσκᾰλλέτην | ἐσκᾰ́λλομεν | ἐσκᾰ́λλετε | ἔσκᾰλλον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐσκᾰλλόμην | ἐσκᾰ́λλου | ἐσκᾰ́λλετο | ἐσκᾰ́λλεσθον | ἐσκᾰλλέσθην | ἐσκᾰλλόμεθᾰ | ἐσκᾰ́λλεσθε | ἐσκᾰ́λλοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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