σκάλμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκάλλω (skállō, “to stir up, to hoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, separate”); see also Sanskrit कल (kalá, “small part”)), Hittite [script needed] (iškalla, “to tear apart, slit open”), Lithuanian skélti (“to split”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκάλμη • (skálmē) f (genitive σκάλμης); first declension

  1. A short sword, a knife

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