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σκύμνος

skumnos

cub, whelp

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Where it lives

Nahum 3 · 32.5/10k
Joel 1 · 6.49/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Orestes 3 · 3.06/10k
Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Ezechiel 4 · 1.38/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. σκύμνος · skymnos — Beekes

σκύμνος [m., f.] ‘cub, whelp’, especially ‘young lion’ (epic Ion. poet. Σ 319, also Arist. etc.). *DER Diminutive oxupv-iov [n.] (Arist.), -ebw [v.] ‘to breed’ (Philostr.), -erog ‘of a whelp’ (Suid.). *ETYM The word has been connected with σκύλαξ ‘puppy’, but the variation of the suffix remains unclear on this account. The suffix -uv- could point to Pre-Greek origin. — [Beekes, s.v. σκύμνος, p. 1413]

2. σκύμνος · skymnos — Chantraine

σκύμνος : m. (exceptionnellement 1.) «petit d’un animal », surtout lionceau, aussi du loup, du {ynx, etc., parfois par métaphore dans la tragédie pour des humains (IL 18,319, poésie, Arist., ete.), aussi nom de poisson, cf. Thompson, Fishes s.u.; d'où σχυμνίον dimin. dit pour le phoque et l'ours (Arist.); oxbuveroc «qui concerne les petits » (Suid.). Composé σκυμνο-τοκέω «être vivipare» (Arist. fr. 324). Verbe … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκύμνος, p. 1044]

3. σκύμνος · skymnos — Frisk

σκύμνος m. (f.) “Tierjunges’, bes. “junger Löwe’ (ep. ion. poet. seit & 319, auch Arist. u. a.) mit σκυμν-ίον τὰ. Demin. (Arist.), -edo “züchten’ (Philostr.), -ειος “zu σ. gehörig’ (Suid.). — Bildung wie πρυμνός, ἔρυμνός, στάμνος usw., von σκύλαξ schwerlich zu trennen (Osthoff Etym. parerga 274, Chantraine Form. 215, Schwyzer 524 m. Lit., Specht Ursprung 183), aber im einzelnen unklar. Abzulchnen Petersen AmJPh 56, … — [Frisk, s.v. σκύμνος, p. 1715]

4. σκύμν-ος · skymn-os — LSJ

cub, whelp, lionʼs whelp

cub, whelp, esp. lionʼs whelp, Il. 18.319; in full, σ. λέοντος Hdt. 3.32, E. Supp. 1223, Ar. Ra. 1431, cf. Eq. 1039; λεαίνης S. Aj. 987; also of other animals, σ. λύκων E. Ba. 699; λυγγός Lasus 3; τῆς ἄρκτου, τῆς ἐλέφαντος, Arist. HA 571b30, 578a22; ἀλώπεκος Plu. Lyc. 18.

in poets also of men, Ἀχίλλειος σ. E. Andr. 1170 (anap.), cf. Rh. 381 (anap.); of women, Id. Or. 1213, 1387 (lyr.).

In the wild

σκύμνον · skymnon Aristophanes, Frogs 1431–1432
σκύμνοισι · skymnoisi Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 741)
σκύμνους · skymnous Euripides, Bacchae 699–701
σκύμνον · skymnon Euripides, Hecuba 205 (DIORISIS sentence 80)
σκύμνον · skymnon Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 835)
σκύμνου · skymnou Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 949)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σκύμνος (scan p. 1413; entry #5633).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκύμνος (scan p. 1044; entry #7403).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σκύμνος (scan p. 1715; entry #5241).

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