σκαμνίον

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive of Koine Greek σκάμνον (skámnon), borrowed from Latin scamnum.

Noun

σκαμνίον • (skamníon) f (plural σκαμνία)

  1. (Byzantine) bench
  2. (Byzantine) stool

Descendants

References

  • Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “σκαμνίον”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 991b
  • Lampe, G. W. H. (1961) “σκαμνίον”, in A Patristic Greek Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1235b
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скамья”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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