σκάλμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκάλλω (skállō, to stir up, to hoe), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (to split, separate); see also Sanskrit कल (kalá, small part)), Hittite [script needed] (iškalla, to tear apart, slit open), Lithuanian skélti (to split).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκάλμη • (skálmē) f (genitive σκάλμης); first declension

  1. A short sword, a knife

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