- σκῖρος
- σκῖροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `induration, callus, hard tumour' (medic.), `hard, scrubby ground, scrub' (Tab. Heracl.).Other forms: -ρρ-, also σκῦρ-); σκῖρος m., -ον n. `crust, rind, cheese-rind, herdened dirt' (com.); also `hard, white matter, gypsum' (sch. Ar. V. 921, Suid.), in this meaning also σκίρρα (Suid.), γῆ σκιρράς (sch. Ar. V. 921); γῆ λευκή ὥσπερ γύψος Su.Derivatives: σκιρρίτης m. `gypsum-worker' (Zonar., Redard 36). -- Abstractformation σκιρρ-ίη f. `induration' (Aret.; Scheller 56), ἀκροσκιρ-ίαι f. pl. `high scrubby lands' (Tab. Heracl.); adj. σκιρ(ρ)-ός `hard' (Plu., Them. a. o.), -ώδης `callous' (Gall., Poll.); verb -όομαι, also w. έπι- a. o., `to harden, to take root' (Sophr., medic.) with -ωμα n. `induration' (Dsc.). -ωσις f. `id.' (Sor., Gal.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unexplained. Cf. σκῦρος. -- Furnée 387 takes the word a Pre-Greek, which seems quite prob.Page in Frisk: 2,734
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.