σκολόπενδρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Suggested to be a combination of σκόλοψ (skólops, “thorn”) and ἔντερον (énteron, “earthworm”), but Beekes finds this unconvincing and suggests Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sko.ló.pen.dra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skoˈlo.pen.dra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /skoˈlo.pen.dra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /skoˈlo.pen.dra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /skoˈlo.pen.dra/
Noun
σκολόπενδρᾰ • (skolópendra) f (genitive σκολοπένδρᾱς); first declension
- millipede
- the sea scolopendra, an animal from the genus Nereis
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- σκολοπένδρειος (skolopéndreios)
- σκολοπένδριον (skolopéndrion)
- σκολοπενδρώδης (skolopendrṓdēs)
Descendants
- → Italian: scolopendra
- → French: scolopendre
- → Russian: сколопендра (skolopendra)
Further reading
- “σκολόπενδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκολόπενδρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Alternative forms
- σκολόπεντρα f (skolópentra)
Declension
declension of σκολόπενδρα
| case \ number | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) • | σκολόπενδρες • |
| genitive | σκολόπενδρας • | σκολοπενδρών • |
| accusative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) • | σκολόπενδρες • |
| vocative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) • | σκολόπενδρες • |
Synonyms
- σαρανταποδαρούσα f (sarantapodaroúsa)
Further reading
Σαρανταποδαρούσα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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