Σκύλλα
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from σκύλλω (skúllō, “pluck, tear”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skýl.la/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈskyl.la/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈscyl.la/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈscyl.la/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsci.la/
Proper noun
Σκῠ́λλᾰ • (Skúlla) f (genitive Σκῠ́λλης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Σκῠ́λλᾰ hē Skúlla | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σκῠ́λλης tês Skúllēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σκῠ́λλῃ têi Skúllēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σκῠ́λλᾰν tḕn Skúllan | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σκῠ́λλᾰ Skúlla | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Σκύλλα (Skýlla)
- Italian: Scilla
- Latin: Scylla
- Russian: Сци́лла (Scílla)
- Sicilian: Scigghiu (possibly through an intermediate *Σκῠ́λλῐον)
Further reading
- “Σκύλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Σκύλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
- Σκύλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Proper noun
Σκύλλα • (Skýlla) f
- (Greek mythology) Scylla
- μεταξύ της Σκύλλας και της Χάρυβδης
- metaxý tis Skýllas kai tis Cháryvdis
- between Scylla and Charybdis
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Σκύλλα (Skýlla) |
| genitive | Σκύλλας (Skýllas) |
| accusative | Σκύλλα (Skýlla) |
| vocative | Σκύλλα (Skýlla) |
Further reading
Σκύλλα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
