σκόροδον

Ancient Greek

A Mediterranean substrate word of the shape *skʰodoro, found also in Old Armenian խստոր (xstor, “garlic”) and Albanian hudhër (“garlic”).^[1]

σκόροδον • (skórodon) n (genitive σκορόδου); second declension

Second declension of τὸ σκόροδον; τοῦ σκορόδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκόροδον tò skórodon	τὼ σκορόδω tṑ skoródō	τᾰ̀ σκόροδᾰ tằ skórodă
Genitive	τοῦ σκορόδου toû skoródou	τοῖν σκορόδοιν toîn skoródoin	τῶν σκορόδων tôn skoródōn
Dative	τῷ σκορόδῳ tōî skoródōi	τοῖν σκορόδοιν toîn skoródoin	τοῖς σκορόδοις toîs skoródois
Accusative	τὸ σκόροδον tò skórodon	τὼ σκορόδω tṑ skoródō	τᾰ̀ σκόροδᾰ tằ skórodă
Vocative	σκόροδον skórodon	σκορόδω skoródō	σκόροδᾰ skórodă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of τὸ σκόροδον; τοῦ σκορόδου (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκόροδον tò skórodon	τὼ σκορόδω tṑ skoródō	τᾰ̀ σκόροδᾰ tằ skórodă
Genitive	τοῦ σκορόδου toû skoródou	τοῖν σκορόδοιν toîn skoródoin	τῶν σκορόδων tôn skoródōn
Dative	τῷ σκορόδῳ tōî skoródōi	τοῖν σκορόδοιν toîn skoródoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν σκορόδοισῐ / σκορόδοισῐν toîsĭ(n) skoródoisĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σκόροδον tò skórodon	τὼ σκορόδω tṑ skoródō	τᾰ̀ σκόροδᾰ tằ skórodă
Vocative	σκόροδον skórodon	σκορόδω skoródō	σκόροδᾰ skórodă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σκόροδον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1358