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σκάνδαλον

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (to jump), and compared with Latin scandō (to ascend), Sanskrit स्कन्दति (skandati, to jump, hop, hurry). The original sense, per Beekes, was probably "a piece of wood hanging on ropes, used by acrobats as well as trap-setters"; under the Indo-European theory, the term would thus be interpreted as "wood for jumping or climbing". Beekes is unconvinced by the semantics, as well as the unexplained -α- (-a-) in the Greek form, and prefers to take it as Pre-Greek, though admits the possibility of a loan from some other lost Indo-European language, perhaps from the root *skend- mentioned above.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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σκᾰ́νδᾰλον (skándalonn (genitive σκᾰνδᾰ́λου); second declension

  1. trap, snare
  2. enticement, temptation
  3. offense, scandal
  4. stumbling block

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκάνδαλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1341-2
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkandull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 417

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