σκῖρος: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">induration, callus, hard tumour</b> (medic.), <b class="b2">hard, scrubby ground, scrub</b> (Tab. Heracl.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">-ρρ-</b>, also <b class="b3">σκῦρ-</b>); <b class="b3">σκῖρος</b> m., <b class="b3">-ον</b> n. <b class="b2">crust, rind, cheese-rind, herdened dirt</b> (com.); also <b class="b2">hard, white matter, gypsum</b> (sch. Ar. V. 921, Suid.), in this meaning also <b class="b3">σκίρρα</b> (Suid.), <b class="b3">γῆ σκιρράς</b> (sch. Ar. V. 921); <b class="b3">γῆ λευκή ὥσπερ γύψος</b> Su.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σκιρρίτης</b> m. <b class="b2">gypsum-worker</b> (Zonar., Redard 36). -- Abstractformation <b class="b3">σκιρρ-ίη</b> f. [[induration]] (Aret.; Scheller 56), <b class="b3">ἀκροσκιρ-ίαι</b> f. pl. <b class="b2">high scrubby lands</b> (Tab. Heracl.); adj. <b class="b3">σκιρ(ρ)-ός</b> [[hard]] (Plu., Them. a. o.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> [[callous]] (Gall., Poll.); verb <b class="b3">-όομαι</b>, also w. <b class="b3">έπι-</b> a. o., <b class="b2">to harden, to take root</b> (Sophr., medic.) with <b class="b3">-ωμα</b> n. [[induration]] (Dsc.). <b class="b3">-ωσις</b> f. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Sor., Gal.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Unexplained. Cf. [[σκῦρος]]. -- Furnée 387 takes the word a Pre-Greek, which seems quite prob.

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