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σκίρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκίρον σκίρου

Structure: σκιρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. the white sunshade

Declension

Second declension

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

  • φιλόχοροσ δὲ παρὰ Σκίρου φησὶν ἐκ Σαλαμῖνοσ τὸν Θησέα λαβεῖν κυβερνήτην μὲν Ναυσίθοον, πρωρέα δὲ Φαίακα, μηδέπω τότε τῶν Ἀθηναίων προσεχόντων τῇ θαλάττῃ· (Plutarch, chapter 17 6:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ εἶναι τῶν ἠϊθέων ἕνα Μενέσθην Σκίρου θυγατριδοῦν. (Plutarch, chapter 17 6:2)
  • μαρτυρεῖ δὲ τούτοισ ἡρῷα Ναυσιθόου καὶ Φαίακοσ εἱσαμένου Θησέωσ Φαληροῖ πρὸσ τῷ τοῦ Σκίρου ἱερῷ, καὶ τὴν ἑορτὴν τὰ Κυβερνήσιά φασιν ἐκείνοισ τελεῖσθαι. (Plutarch, chapter 17 6:3)

Derived

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

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