σκολιός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (crooked), the same root of Latin scelus (curse), German scheel (squinting), Dutch scheel and Albanian çalë (lame). Synchronically analyzed as an adjectival formation from σκέλος (skélos, leg).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

σκολῐός (skoliósm (feminine σκολῐᾱ́, neuter σκολῐόν); first/second declension

  1. curved, bent
  2. winding (of rivers and paths)
  3. twisted, tangled
  4. crooked, unjust, unrighteous
  5. riddling, obscure

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκολιός”, 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 1356

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós).

Adjective

σκολιός (skoliósm (feminine σκολιά, neuter σκολιό)

  1. (formal) bent; crooked

Declension

References

  • σκολιός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  • Stavropoulos, D N (2008) G N Stavropoulos, editor, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press