σκωραμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκῶρ (skôr, “dung, ordure”) +‎ ἀμίς (amís, “chamber pot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skɔː.ra.mís/ → /sko.raˈmis/ → /sko.raˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skɔː.ra.mís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sko.raˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sko.raˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sko.raˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sko.raˈmis/

Noun

σκωρᾰμῐ́ς • (skōramís) f (genitive σκωρᾰμῐ́δος); third declension

1. nightstool, chamber pot

   Synonyms: ἀμῐ́ς (amís), ἐνουρήθρᾰ (enourḗthra), οὐρᾰ́νη (ouránē), οὐρητρῐ́ς (ourētrís), χερνῐ́βῐον (kherníbion)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σκωρᾰμῐ́ς; τῆς σκωρᾰμῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκωρᾰμῐ́ς hē skōramís	τὼ σκωρᾰμῐ́δε tṑ skōramíde	αἱ σκωρᾰμῐ́δες hai skōramídes
Genitive	τῆς σκωρᾰμῐ́δος tês skōramídos	τοῖν σκωρᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn skōramídoin	τῶν σκωρᾰμῐ́δων tôn skōramídōn
Dative	τῇ σκωρᾰμῐ́δῐ têi skōramídi	τοῖν σκωρᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn skōramídoin	ταῖς σκωρᾰμῐ́σῐ / σκωρᾰμῐ́σῐν taîs skōramísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σκωρᾰμῐ́δᾰ tḕn skōramída	τὼ σκωρᾰμῐ́δε tṑ skōramíde	τᾱ̀ς σκωρᾰμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s skōramídas
Vocative	σκωρᾰμῐ́ς skōramís	σκωρᾰμῐ́δε skōramíde	σκωρᾰμῐ́δες skōramídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “σκωραμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκωραμίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette