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σκῶρ

σκῶρ

See also: σκώρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σκώρ (skṓr)
  • σκᾰ́τος (skátos)

Noun

σκῶρ (skôr) n (genitive σκᾰτός); third declension

  1. dung

Inflection

Derived terms

  • σκατολογία (skatología) (recent term)
  • σκατοφάγος (skatophágos, dung-eater)
  • σκωρῐ́ᾱ (skōríā, slag)

Descendants

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σκῶρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1365