σκίρον

Ancient Greek

Uncertain. Possibly reflecting a Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyr-o- (“shine, reflex”), whence also Albanian hir (“heavenly grace”), Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, lucid”)^[1] and Proto-Slavic *ščirъ (“sincere, frank”).

σκίρον • (skíron) n (genitive σκίρου); second declension

parasol, canopy, held in processions in Skiron in honour of the goddess Athena Skiras

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκῐ́ρον tò skíron	τὼ σκῐ́ρω tṑ skírō	τᾰ̀ σκῐ́ρᾰ tà skíra
Genitive	τοῦ σκῐ́ρου toû skírou	τοῖν σκῐ́ροιν toîn skíroin	τῶν σκῐ́ρων tôn skírōn
Dative	τῷ σκῐ́ρῳ tôi skírōi	τοῖν σκῐ́ροιν toîn skíroin	τοῖς σκῐ́ροις toîs skírois
Accusative	τὸ σκῐ́ρον tò skíron	τὼ σκῐ́ρω tṑ skírō	τᾰ̀ σκῐ́ρᾰ tà skíra
Vocative	σκῐ́ρον skíron	σκῐ́ρω skírō	σκῐ́ρᾰ skíra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκίρον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1354–1355