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Σκῦρος

skuros

stone-chippings, rubble

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1. σκῦρος · skyros — Beekes

σκῦρος [m.] ‘stone-chippings, rubble’ (Epid. IV’, H., Poll. sch. Pi.). «DER σκυρωτὰ ὁδός ‘road paved with σ᾿ (Pi. P. 5, 93), τὰ σκυρω[τά] [n.pl.) (Delos III*), σκυρωθῶσι: λιθωθῶσιν ‘petrify (H., from Hp.?), σκυρώδης ‘consisting of o.’ (Eust.). *ETYM Perhaps the island name Σκῦρος is related (after the marble quarries?). Fur. 366 takes the word to be a variant of » σκῖρος and concludes that it is Pre-Greek. — [Beekes, s.v. σκῦρος, p. 1414]

2. σκῦρος · skyros — Chantraine

σκῦρος : m.= λατύπη éclat, morceau de pierre » utilisé pour empierrer une route (1G IV 1°, 102, 27 τνὸ 8. av., cf. Hsch., Poll. 9,104). D'où σκυρωτὰ ὁδός «chemin empierré » ou «pavé» (Pi. P. 5,93), τὰ σχυρω[τά] n. pl (Délos πιὸ s. av.); σκυρωθῶσι “ λιθωθῶσι (Hsch., p.-ê. Hp. Mul. 1,18, cf. Erotian p. 82 Nachmanson, qui glose par σκιρωθῶσι); σχκυρώδης «de pierre» (Eust.). Il est plausible d'ajouter le nom d'île … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκῦρος, p. 1044]

3. σκῦρος · skyros — Frisk

σκῦρος m. "Steinsplitter, Schotter’ (Epid. IV, H., Poll., Sch. Pi.). Davon oxvowra ὅδός "mit σ. gepflasterter Weg’ (Pi. P. 5. 93), τὰ oxvew[rd] n. pl. (Delos 1118), σκυρωϑῶσι" λιϑωϑῶσιν H. (Hp.?), σκυρώδης “aus o. bestehend’ (Eust.). — Technische= ort ohne sichere Etymologie. Hypothetische Kombinationen bei Persson Beitr. 1, 374ff. (s. Bq, WP. 2, 552, Pok. 954): zu lit. skiaure “kleiner durchlöcherter Fischkasten’, … — [Frisk, s.v. σκῦρος, p. 1715]

4. σκῦρ-ος · skyr-os — LSJ

chippings of stone

= λατύπη, chippings of stone, used as road-metal, IG 42 (1).102.27 (Epid., iv B.C.), Sch. Pi. P. 5.124, Hsch., cf. Poll. 9.104; cf. σκῖρος.

5. Σκῦρος · Skyros — LSJ

Scyros, of, from Scyros, Scyrian, from Scyros

the island of Scyros, Σ. αἰπεῖα Il. 9.668:—Adj. Σκύριος, α, ον, of or from Scyros, Pi. Fr. 106; ἀρχὴ Σ., prov. of a useless acquisition, Lib. Ep. 1200, Eust. 782.52: Σκύριος, ὁ, a Scyrian, Hdt. 7.183, etc.; Σκυρία δίκη, a lawsuit in which the defendant pleaded absence in Scyros, Com.Adesp. 902: Σκῡρόθεν, Adv. from Scyros, Il. 19.332.

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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. Σκῦρος (scan p. 1414; entry #5636).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Σκῦρος (scan p. 1044; entry #7406).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Σκῦρος (scan pp. 1715-1716; entry #5244).

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