# σκύλος
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognates include Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”) and Old English scēo (“sky”) and scuwa (“shade, darkness, protection”). Related to σκῦτος (skûtos, “hide, leather”) and ἐπισκύνιον (episkúnion, “skin over the brows”).
Alternatively, Beekes suggests derivation from σκύλλω (skúllō, “I lacerate, skin”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ský.los/ → /ˈscy.los/ → /ˈsci.los/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ský.los/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈsky.los/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈscy.los/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈscy.los/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈsci.los/

### Noun

σκῠ́λος • (skŭ́los) n (genitive σκῠ́λεος or σκῠ́λους); third declension
* skin, hide

#### Related terms

* σκυλακεία (skulakeía)
* σκυλάκευμα (skulákeuma)
* σκυλακευτής (skulakeutḗs)
* σκυλακεύω (skulakeúō)
* σκυλάκιον (skulákion)
* σκύλαξ (skúlax)
* σκύλευμα (skúleuma)
* σκύλευσις (skúleusis)
* σκυλευτής (skuleutḗs)
* σκυλευτικός (skuleutikós)
* σκυλεύω (skuleúō)
* σκύλλα (skúlla)
* σκύλλω (skúllō)
* σκῦλον (skûlon), σκύλον (skúlon)

### References

* “σκύλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* σκύλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1361
* “σκύλος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

From Byzantine Greek and Koine Greek σκύλος (skúlos), from a root σκυλ- (skul-) also found in Ancient Greek σκύλαξ (skúlax, “puppy, whelp”) + -ος (-os).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsci.los/
* Hyphenation: σκύ‧λος

### Noun

σκύλος • (skýlos) m (plural σκύλοι, feminine σκύλα, neuter σκυλί)
* dog (Canis lupus familiaris) (general term for both sexes or more specifically, a male)
    Θα γυρίσω σε λίγο, πρέπει να πάω βόλτα τον σκύλο μου.Tha gyríso se lígo, prépei na páo vólta ton skýlo mou.I'll be back in a while, I have to go walk my dog.
* (derogatory, figuratively) beast, brute (violent person with wild behaviour)
    Μην αφήσεις αυτόν τον σκύλο κοντά στα παιδιά σου!Min afíseis aftón ton skýlo kontá sta paidiá sou!Don't let that beast get close to your kids!
* (figuratively) hard worker (someone who works tirelessly and with great success)
    Αυτός είναι σκύλος στη δουλειά του.Aftós eínai skýlos sti douleiá tou.He is a tirelessly hard worker.
* dogfish (any of various small sharks)
    Έπιασα έναν σκύλο στο δίχτυ μου.Épiasa énan skýlo sto díchty mou.I caught a dogfish in my net.

#### Synonyms

* σκυλί (skylí)

#### Synonyms

* (dog): κύων m or f (kýon) (Katharevousa)
* (dogfish): σκυλόψαρο n (skylópsaro)

#### Derived terms

* σαν τον σκύλο με τη γάτα (san ton skýlo me ti gáta, “at loggerheads, like cats and dogs”)
* σκύλος που γαβγίζει δεν δαγκώνει (skýlos pou gavgízei den dagkónei, “barking dogs seldom bite”)
* και την πίτα ολόκληρη και τον σκύλο χορτάτο (kai tin píta olókliri kai ton skýlo chortáto, “have one's cake and eat it too”) (literally: "both the whole pie and the dog fed")
* εγώ το λέω τού σκύλου μου και ο σκύλος στην ουρά του (egó to léo toú skýlou mou kai o skýlos stin ourá tou, “about things that never get accomplished”) (literally: "I tell my dog and my dog tells its tail")
* το φτηνό το κρέας το τρών’ οι σκύλοι (to ftinó to kréas to trón’ oi skýloi, “you get what you pay for”) (literally: "cheap meat gets eaten by the dogs")

### References

* ↑ σκύλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

### Further reading

* σκύλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$