Hellas Alive Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκῖρος

Ἐλευσινίοισ πολεμοῦσι πρὸσ Ἐρεχθέα ἀνὴρ μάντισ ἦλθεν ἐκ Δωδώνησ ὄνομα Σκῖροσ, ὃσ καὶ τῆσ Σκιράδοσ ἱδρύσατο Ἀθηνᾶσ ἐπὶ Φαληρῷ τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἱερόν· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 36 7:2)

Σκίρων (which blew from the Scironian rocks)
σκῖρον (the hard rind)
εὔμολπος (sweetly singing)
Δελφίνιον (a temple of Apollo)
ἀκροθίνιον (the topmost part of a heap)
Θησεῖον (the temple of Theseus)
πολύμνηστος (much-remembering)
ταυροπόλος (worshipped at Tauris)
βούλιος (sage)
φάληρον (Phalerum)
Φαληροῖ (at Phalerum)
θεσμοφόρια (an ancient festival held by the Athenian women in honour of Demeter)
σταδιοδρόμος (one who runs the stadium)
ξουθός (yellowish)
Ἰάς (Ionian)
Ἀπατούρια (the Apatouria)
Ἑλλήνιος (Greek)
οἰκήτωρ (an inhabitant)
Μαῖρα (the sparkler)
λαφύστιος (gluttonous)
τρίφυλος (of three tribes)
Ἀμυκλαῖον (the temple of Amyclaean Apollo)
Ἐφύρα (Ephyra)
Ὀλυμπιεῖον (the temple of Olympian Zeus)
φράτριος (of or belonging to a fra)
Κάρνεια (a festival held in honour of Apollo)
Πυθιόνικος (of or a belonging to a Pythian victory)
Δωδωναῖος (of Dodona)
αὐτόχθων (sprung from the land itself)
σύμβωμος (worshipped on a common altar)

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

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