Σκλάβος

See also: σκλάβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from earlier Σλαβῆνος (Slabênos) (perhaps from a plural Σλαβῆνοι (Slabênoi)), of unclear (disputed) origin.

It may derive from the Greek verb σκυλάω (skuláō), a variant of σκυλεύω (skuleúō, “to get the spoils of war”)^[1] because Slavs were often enslaved.

Alternatively, it may derive from Proto-Slavic *slověne (“Slavs”, or perhaps “those who speak meaningfully”) (plural; with the singular form *slověninъ derived from that), perhaps via Old Church Slavonic словенинъ (sloveninŭ); compare Old Church Slavonic словѣни, словѣнє (slověni, slověne, “Thessalonian Slavs”), Old East Slavic словѣне (slověne, “Slavs near Novgorod”). See *slověninъ for more.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sklá.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈskla.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈskla.βos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈskla.vos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈskla.vos/

Noun

Σκλᾰ́βος • (Sklábos) m (genitive Σκλᾰ́βου); second declension

(Byzantine) Slav

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Σκλᾰ́βος; τοῦ Σκλᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σκλᾰ́βος ho Sklábos	τὼ Σκλᾰ́βω tṑ Sklábō	οἱ Σκλᾰ́βοι hoi Skláboi
Genitive	τοῦ Σκλᾰ́βου toû Sklábou	τοῖν Σκλᾰ́βοιν toîn Skláboin	τῶν Σκλᾰ́βων tôn Sklábōn
Dative	τῷ Σκλᾰ́βῳ tôi Sklábōi	τοῖν Σκλᾰ́βοιν toîn Skláboin	τοῖς Σκλᾰ́βοις toîs Sklábois
Accusative	τὸν Σκλᾰ́βον tòn Sklábon	τὼ Σκλᾰ́βω tṑ Sklábō	τοὺς Σκλᾰ́βους toùs Sklábous
Vocative	Σκλᾰ́βε Sklábe	Σκλᾰ́βω Sklábō	Σκλᾰ́βοι Skláboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: Sclavus/sclavus (see there for further descendants)
Greek: σκλάβος (sklábos), Σλάβος (Slávos)
Persian: صقلاب، سقلاب‎ (seqlāb)

References

“Slav” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

↑ F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 2002, siehe «Sklave».

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[Kluge2-1] F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 2002, siehe «Sklave».