σκόλοψ
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
σκόλοψ
σκόλοπος
Structure:
σκολοπ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- A pale, a stake; a palisade
- An instrument for operating on the urethra
- 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.
- καὶ πάχνην ὡσ ἅλα ἐπὶ γῆσ χέει, καὶ παγεῖσα γίνεται σκολόπων ἄκρα. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 43:19)
- ταῖσ μὲν οὖν ἄλλαισ οὐ προσέσχομεν, ἧσ δὲ ἐπέβημεν, τοιάδε ἦν κύκλῳ μὲν πᾶσα κρημνώδησ καὶ ἀπόξυροσ, πέτραισ καὶ τράχωσι κατεσκληκυῖα, δένδρον δ’ οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ὕδωρ ἐνῆν ἀνερπύσαντεσ δὲ ὅμωσ κατὰ τοὺσ κρημνοὺσ προῇμεν διά τινοσ ἀκανθώδουσ καὶ σκολόπων μεστῆσ ἀτραποῦ, πολλὴν ἀμορφίαν τῆσ χώρασ ἐχούσησ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 30:1)
- ὅλην ἐντὸσ τὴν πόλιν ἀνέσκαψε καὶ διετάφρευσε, καὶ σκολόπων ἐνέπλησε τοὺσ στενωποὺσ πλὴν δυεῖν, δι’ ὧν ἐπὶ θάλατταν αὐτὸσ κατῆλθεν. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 62 3:2)
- οἱ δὲ Τρῶεσ ἐσ τῆσ νήσου τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἀναφεύγουσι, καταλαβόντεσ δὲ ὄρη δύσβατα ὑπὸ σκολόπων τε καὶ κρημνῶν Ἰλιεῖσ μὲν ὄνομα καὶ ἐσ ἐμὲ ἔτι ἔχουσι, Λίβυσι μέντοι τὰσ μορφὰσ καὶ τῶν ὅπλων τὴν σκευὴν καὶ ἐσ τὴν πᾶσαν δίαιταν ἐοίκασιν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 17 10:3)
