- σκολύπτειν
- σκολύπτεινGrammatical information: v.Meaning: ἐκτίλλειν, κολούειν; σκολύψαι κολοῦσαι, κολοβῶσαι; ἀνασκολύψας γυμνώσας H.Other forms: Beside σκολύβρα σκυθρωπή H. we have σκολύφρα σκυθρωπή, σκληρά, ἐργώδης, δυσχερής.Compounds: Often with ἀπο- `to skin, to strip off, to circumcise' (Archil. 124, S. Fr. 423, Ael. Dion. a.o.); details in Debrunner IF 21, 212 and Pearson on the place in Soph.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation like δρύπτω, καλύπτω (hardly denominative with Schwyzer 705); popular-expressiv to the group of σκάλλω (s. v.). The formally close σκολύφρα σκυθρωπή, σκληρά, ἐργώδης, δυσχερής is semant. far off. -- A cognate formation may be found in σκόλυθρον (s. v.). -- The variation of -βρ-\/-φρ- ) points to a Pre-Greek form (Furnée 171), whatever its relation to σκολύπτειν. Note also the form with κολοβ-.Page in Frisk: 2,737
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
