σκηρίπω
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
σκίπων
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
skipōn
English translation (word)
stick
Transliteration (Etymon)
skēripō
English translation (etymon)
prop, fix
Century
5 AD
Source
Orion
Ref.
Etymologicum, sigma, p. 146
Ed.
F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820
Quotation
Σκίπων· παρὰ τὸ σκηρίπω, καὶ συγκοπῇ σκήρπω σκίπων.
Translation (En)
Skipōn "stick" comes from skēripō "prop", and, by syncope, skērpō, skipōn.
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, 717: Σκίπων· Παρὰ τὸ σκηρίπτω κατὰ ἀποβολὴν τοῦ τ καὶ τοῦ ρ καὶ συγκοπῇ τοῦ η, σκίπων· σημαίνει δὲ τὴν βακτηρίαν. Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, sigma, 1650: Σκίπων. ἡ βακτηρία. παρὰ τὸ σκιρίπτω, ἀποβολῇ τοῦ καὶ τοῦ καὶ συγκοπῇ. Georgius Choeroboscus, De Orthographia (epitome), 258, 31 (ed. Cramer): Σκίπων· Σημαίνει δὲ τὴν βακτηρίαν· διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται· ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ σκιρίπτω γίνεται σκιρίπτων, καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν τοῦ η καὶ ρ, ἀποβολῇ τοῦ τ σκίπων· καὶ ἄλλως, τὰ εἰς πτω λήγοντα οὐ θέλουσι τῇ ει διφθόγγῳ παραλήγεσθαι.
Modern etymology
Maybe related to σκίμπτομαι, σκήπτω and Lat. scīpiō
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Margelidon
Comment
The explanation of Orion seems here flawed, because the verb σκηρίπω is only attested under the form σκηρίπτω, whereas the verb σκήρπω is not at all attested, and the syncope is not justified, even if others Greek grammarians take up this explanation and develop it.