σκελετός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκέλλω (skéllō, to dry up, parch) +‎ -τός (-tós, adjectival suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

σκελετός (skeletósm (feminine σκελετή, neuter σκελετόν); first/second declension

  1. dried up, withered

Declension

Noun

σκελετός (skeletósm (genitive σκελετοῦ); second declension

  1. dried body, mummy
    Synonym: τᾰ́ρῑχος (tárīkhos)
  2. (anatomy) skeleton

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: esquelet
  • German: Skelett
  • Greek: σκελετός (skeletós) (learned)
  • Latin: sceletus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκέλλομαι (> DER 1. σκελετός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1345-6

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek σκελετός (skeletós, skeleton), ancient sense: "dried up, dried up body, withered",[1] from σκελε- (skele-) (found at σκέλλω (skéllō, dry, dry up, make dry, parch), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (to parch, wither)) + -ετός (-etós).[2] Compare Greek σκληρός (sklirós, hard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sce.leˈtos/
  • Hyphenation: σκε‧λε‧τός

Noun

σκελετός (skeletósm (plural σκελετοί)

  1. (anatomy) skeleton
  2. (figurative) frame of any structure
    ο σκελετός του κτιρίουo skeletós tou ktiríouthe frame of the building
    ο σκελετός των γυαλιώνo skeletós ton gyaliónthe frame of the glasses/spectacles

Declension

singular plural
nominative σκελετός (skeletós) σκελετοί (skeletoí)
genitive σκελετού (skeletoú) σκελετών (skeletón)
accusative σκελετό (skeletó) σκελετούς (skeletoús)
vocative σκελετέ (skeleté) σκελετοί (skeletoí)

Not related to σκέλος m (skélos, leg), σκελέα f (skeléa) or περισκελίδα f (periskelída).

References

  1. ^ σκελετός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ σκελετός - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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