σκῶρ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *skṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱṓr, the collective of *sóḱr̥ (excrement, dung). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *skarną (filth, dung).[1]

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Noun

σκῶρ (skôrn (genitive σκᾰτός); third declension

  1. dung, excrement, feces

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκῶρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1365

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