σκόλυμος

Ancient Greek

Explained as of Pre-Greek origin. Compare also the Serbo-Croatian skolab, skulob of the same meaning, a term the Slavs could only have picked up, from Liburnian or its Vulgar Latin successor dialect, when reaching the Adriatic coast.

σκόλῠμος • (skólumos) m or f (genitive σκολῠ́μου); second declension

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ σκόλῠμος; τοῦ, τῆς σκολῠ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ σκόλῠμος ho, hē skólumos	τὼ σκολῠ́μω tṑ skolúmō	οἱ, αἱ σκόλῠμοι hoi, hai skólumoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς σκολῠ́μου toû, tês skolúmou	τοῖν σκολῠ́μοιν toîn skolúmoin	τῶν σκολῠ́μων tôn skolúmōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ σκολῠ́μῳ tôi, têi skolúmōi	τοῖν σκολῠ́μοιν toîn skolúmoin	τοῖς, ταῖς σκολῠ́μοις toîs, taîs skolúmois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν σκόλῠμον tòn, tḕn skólumon	τὼ σκολῠ́μω tṑ skolúmō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς σκολῠ́μους toùs, tā̀s skolúmous
Vocative	σκόλῠμε skólume	σκολῠ́μω skolúmō	σκόλῠμοι skólumoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.