This word is built like δόλων (dólōn), κύφων (kúphōn) and other tool names, and almost identical with Latin scīpiō (“staff”). The further similarity with σκηπάνη (skēpánē, “staff”) and σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff”) has been observed for a long time; however the forms cannot be combined under one pre-form. It is unlikely that σκίμπτομαι (skímptomai, “to press forward”) is a denominative nasal present (like σκήπτομαι (skḗptomai) from σκᾶπος (skâpos)). Further connection is considered with the semantically unclear σκοῖπος (skoîpos, “supporting beam on which the tiles rest”).
σκῑ́πων • (skī́pōn) m (genitive σκῑ́πωνος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ σκῑ́πων ho skī́pōn |
τὼ σκῑ́πωνε tṑ skī́pōne |
οἱ σκῑ́πωνες hoi skī́pōnes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκῑ́πωνος toû skī́pōnos |
τοῖν σκῑπώνοιν toîn skīpṓnoin |
τῶν σκῑπώνων tôn skīpṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκῑ́πωνῐ tôi skī́pōni |
τοῖν σκῑπώνοιν toîn skīpṓnoin |
τοῖς σκῑ́πωσῐ / σκῑ́πωσῐν toîs skī́pōsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σκῑ́πωνᾰ tòn skī́pōna |
τὼ σκῑ́πωνε tṑ skī́pōne |
τοὺς σκῑ́πωνᾰς toùs skī́pōnas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκῑ́πων skī́pōn |
σκῑ́πωνε skī́pōne |
σκῑ́πωνες skī́pōnes | ||||||||||
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