Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
σκέπαρνον. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
σκέπαρνον, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
σκέπαρνον in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
σκέπαρνον you have here. The definition of the word
σκέπαρνον will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
σκέπαρνον, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
The suffix "-αρνο-" suggests a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ské.par.non/ → /ˈsce.par.non/ → /ˈsce.par.non/
Noun
σκέπαρνον • (sképarnon) n (genitive σκεπάρνου); second declension
- carpenter's axe, adze, for hewing and smoothing the trunks of trees
- (medicine) slightly oblique surgical bandage
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- “σκέπαρνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκέπαρνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σκέπαρνον 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