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σκόλοψ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκόλοψ σκόλοπος

Structure: σκολοπ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. A pale, a stake; a palisade
  2. An instrument for operating on the urethra
  3. The point of a fishing hook

Declension

Third 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

  • ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀπολέσητε τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσται οὓσ ἐὰν καταλίπητε ἐξ αὐτῶν, σκόλοπεσ ἐν τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσ ὑμῶν καὶ βολίδεσ ἐν ταῖσ πλευραῖσ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐχθρεύσουσιν ὑμῖν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ἐφ’ ἣν ὑμεῖσ κατοικήσετε, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 33:55)
  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτὸν Τίμωνα μισέλληνα ὀξεῖαι πάντῃ περὶ τὸν τάφον εἰσὶν ἄκανθαι καὶ σκόλοπεσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3201)
  • κατασκέψασθαι δὲ τόν τε χῶρον ξύμπαντα, εἰ δή τι ὕποπτον αὐτοῦ ἢ ἄπορον, ἢ εἴ πῃ τάφροι ἢ σκόλοπεσ καταπεπηγότεσ ἀφανεῖσ, καὶ τὰσ τάξισ τῶν πολεμίων ἀκριβέστερον κατιδεῖν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 9 4:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ μαχόμενοι οὐκ ἐδύναντο λαβεῖν τὸ χωρίον καὶ γὰρ τάφροσ ἦν περὶ αὐτὸ εὐρεῖα ἀναβεβλημένη καὶ σκόλοπεσ ἐπὶ τῆσ ἀναβολῆσ καὶ τύρσεισ πυκναὶ ξύλιναι πεποιημέναι, ἀπιέναι δὴ ἐπεχείρουν· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 7:1)
  • σκόλοπεσ γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ ὀξέεσ ἑστᾶσιν, ποτὶ δ’ αὐτοὺσ τεῖχοσ Ἀχαιῶν, ἔνθ’ οὔ πωσ ἔστιν καταβήμεναι οὐδὲ μάχεσθαι ἱππεῦσι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 4:18)

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