σκίουρος Ancient Greek · revision 2291

+ {{infobox|confidence=disputed|formation=compound|attested=3rd century AD, Oppian|origins=grc σκιά, grc οὐρά}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (5th-century BC Attic): /skí.uː.ros/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (4th-century AD Koine): /ˈsci.u.ros/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (10th-century Byzantine): /ˈsci.u.ros/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''σκῐ́ουρος''' (skíouros) ''m'' (genitive σκῐούρου); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is traditionally explained as a bahuvrihi compound, [[af|grc|σκιά|οὐρά|tr1=skiá|tr2=ourá|t1=shade|t2=tail]], “the one that shades itself with its tail”.^(Frisk 1960)^(LSJ 1940)^(Πάπυρος) Beekes considers this a folk etymology rather than a real explanation: the ending -ουρος may be a Pre-Greek suffix.^(Beekes 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ It was borrowed into Medieval Latin as *scuriolus, the source of French écureuil and English [[m|en|squirrel]].^(Beekes 2010)^(Frisk 1960)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first known use is in Oppian's ''Cynegetica''.^(LSJ 1940) Pliny mentions the animal in Latin.^(LSJ 1940)^(Beekes 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Modern Greek has the learned [[m|el|σκίουρος|tr=skíuros]] for the squirrel, which is also called βερβερίτσα.^(Triantafyllidis 1998)^(Πάπυρος)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 3rd century AD – Oppian's ''Cynegetica'' mentions the squirrel.^(LSJ 1940)^(DGE)

+ * Modern Greek – σκίουρος (learned).^(Triantafyllidis 1998)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|squirrel]].^(LSJ 1940)^(Beekes 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[σκιά|tr=skiá]]

+ * [[οὐρά|tr=ourá]]

+ * [[en|squirrel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}