σκύλαξ

See also: Σκύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Uncertain. Compare κύλλα (kúlla), σκύλιον (skúlion), σκύλλα (skúlla), as well as Old Armenian ցուլ (cʿul), Old Irish cuilén, Lithuanian kalė, and Russian клей (klej). a Proto-Indo-European origin is possible, but problematic. Could also be Pre-Greek.

σκῠ́λᾰξ • (skúlax) m, f (genitive σκῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

young dog, whelp, puppy
- Homer, Odyssey 9.289
- Homer, Odyssey 9.289
- Hesiod, Theogony 834
- Herodotus, Histories 3.32
1. dog
  - Euripides, The Bacchae 338
  - Plato, The Republic 375
2. (of other young animals) whelp
- Euripides, Hippolytus 1277
a chain, a chain or collar for the neck
- Plato Comicus, Greece 5
Hesychius defines it as σχῆμα (skhêma) ἀφροδισιακόν (aphrodisiakón, “erotic dance?”)

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ σκῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ, τῆς σκῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ σκῠ́λᾰξ ho, hē skúlax	τὼ σκῠ́λᾰκε tṑ skúlake	οἱ, αἱ σκῠ́λᾰκες hoi, hai skúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς σκῠ́λᾰκος toû, tês skúlakos	τοῖν σκῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn skulákoin	τῶν σκῠλᾰ́κων tôn skulákōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ σκῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi, têi skúlaki	τοῖν σκῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn skulákoin	τοῖς, ταῖς σκῠ́λᾰξῐ(ν) toîs, taîs skúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν σκῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn, tḕn skúlaka	τὼ σκῠ́λᾰκε tṑ skúlake	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς σκῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs, tā̀s skúlakas
Vocative	σκῠ́λᾰξ skúlax	σκῠ́λᾰκε skúlake	σκῠ́λᾰκες skúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

σκύλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σκύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
σκύλαξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cub idem, page 188.
- dog idem, page 246.
- hound idem, page 408.
- puppy idem, page 658.
- whelp idem, page 975.
- young idem, page 997.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

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