σκολύβρα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Furnée compares this word with σκολύφρα (skolúphra, “hard, harsh”) and suggests a Pre-Greek origin, in view of the variation -βρ-/-φρ-.

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skoˈly.βra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skoˈly.vra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skoˈli.vra/

Adjective

σκολύβρα • (skolúbra)

(hapax) (according to Hesychius of Alexandria:) sullen, sad
Synonym: σκυθρωπή (skuthrōpḗ)

Further reading

“σκολύβρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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
Hesychius' Lexicon: σ

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