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σκῖρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκῖρον σκῖρου

Structure: σκιρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. the hard rind, cheese-parings

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σκῖρον σκίρω σκίρα
Genitive σκίρου σκίροιν σκίρων
Dative σκίρῳ σκίροιν σκίροις
Accusative σκῖρον σκίρω σκίρα
Vocative σκίρον σκίρω σκίρα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ Σκιρὰσ καὶ Κύχρεια ἀπό τινων ἡρώων, ἀφ’ οὗ μὲν Ἀθηνᾶ τε λέγεται Σκιρὰσ καὶ τόποσ Σκίρα ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ καὶ ἐπὶ Σκίρῳ ἱεροποιία τισ καὶ ὁ μὴν ὁ Σκιροφοριών, ἀφ’ οὗ δὲ καὶ Κυχρείδησ ὄφισ, ὅν φησιν Ἡσίοδοσ τραφέντα ὑπὸ Κυχρέωσ ἐξελαθῆναι ὑπὸ Εὐρυλόχου λυμαινόμενον τὴν νῆσον, ὑποδέξασθαι δὲ αὐτὸν τὴν Δήμητρα εἰσ Ἐλευσῖνα καὶ γενέσθαι ταύτησ ἀμφίπολον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 1 12:5)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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