Uncertain. Often derived from σκάλλω (skállō, “to stir, hoe”) or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel(H)p-, from *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), and so related to Latin scalpō (“I scratch”), English shelf and Lithuanian sklempti (“to plane”).
Beekes & Klein dismiss an Indo-European origin and instead suggest Pre-Greek, due to the variant σκόλοφρον (skólophron).
σκόλοψ • (skólops) m (genitive σκολοπός); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ σκόλοψ ho skólops |
τὼ σκόλοπε tṑ skólope |
οἱ σκόλοπες hoi skólopes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκόλοπος toû skólopos |
τοῖν σκολόποιν toîn skolópoin |
τῶν σκολόπων tôn skolópōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκόλοπῐ tôi skólopi |
τοῖν σκολόποιν toîn skolópoin |
τοῖς σκόλοψῐ / σκόλοψῐν toîs skólopsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σκόλοπᾰ tòn skólopa |
τὼ σκόλοπε tṑ skólope |
τοὺς σκόλοπᾰς toùs skólopas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκόλοψ skólops |
σκόλοπε skólope |
σκόλοπες skólopes | ||||||||||
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