Frisk connects the word with Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“shell”) but Furnée rather adduces ἀσκαλία (askalía) and ἀσκάληρον (askálēron), which would point to a Pre-Greek origin.
σκᾰλίᾱς • (skălíās) m (genitive σκᾰλίου); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σκᾰλίᾱς ho skălíās |
τὼ σκᾰλίᾱ tṑ skălíā |
οἱ σκᾰλίαι hoi skălíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκᾰλίου toû skălíou |
τοῖν σκᾰλίαιν toîn skălíain |
τῶν σκᾰλιῶν tôn skăliôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκᾰλίᾳ tôi skălíāi |
τοῖν σκᾰλίαιν toîn skălíain |
τοῖς σκᾰλίαις toîs skălíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σκᾰλίᾱν tòn skălíān |
τὼ σκᾰλίᾱ tṑ skălíā |
τοὺς σκᾰλίᾱς toùs skălíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκᾰλίᾱ skălíā |
σκᾰλίᾱ skălíā |
σκᾰλίαι skălíai | ||||||||||
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