- σκύμνος
- σκύμνοςGrammatical information: m. (f.)Meaning: `cub, whelp', esp. `young lion' (ep. Ion. poet. Σ 319, also Arist. a. o.)Derivatives: σκυμν-ίον n. dimin. (Arist.), -εύω `to breed' (Philostr.), -ειος `belonging to σ.' (Suid.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation as πρυμνός, ἐρυμνός, στάμνος etc., hardly to be eseparated from σκύλαξ (Osthoff Etym. parerga 274, Chantraine Form. 215, Schwyzer 524 w. lit., Specht Ursprung 183), but in detail unclear. To be rejected Petersen AmJPh 56, 64 ff. (cross of *κύμνος [to κυέω] and σκύλαξ) and Schwyzer KZ 37, 150 (s. Bq). -- Because of the -μν- prob. a Pre-Greek word (not in Furnée). (I think that a cross (as often assumed in the lit.) is extremely rare.Page in Frisk: 2,743
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.