σκύβα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σκοῦβᾰ (skoûba)
Etymology
Unknown. Only attested in Hesychius. The alternate form σκοῦβα probably shows that this word also existed in another (non-Attic) dialect where the shift /u/ > /y/ did not take place, with <ου> used to represent the old /u/ sound. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.βa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.va/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsci.va/
Noun
σκύβα • (skúba)
- (hapax) (According to Hesychius of Alexandria:) charlock (Brassica arvensis)
- Synonym: λαψάνη (lapsánē)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Σ:
- σκύβα· λάχανον ἡ λαψάνη. τινὲς δὲ σκοῦβα
- skúba; lákhanon hē lapsánē. tinès dè skoûba
- skúba: (herb) charlock - according to some: "skoûba"
Declension
Unknown.
Further reading
- “σκύβα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σκύβα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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