σκέπας

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. Although σκέπω (sképō, “to cover, shelter”) seems primary at first sight, it is attested only late, which may indicate that it should rather be interpreted as a back-formation from the denominative verb σκεπάζω (skepázō) or from σκέπη (sképē). Although the stem looks Indo-European and could be projected back to a pre-form *skep-, no good cognates are known. Only some Balto-Slavic forms like Lithuanian kepùre and Proto-Slavic *čepьcь (“bonnet”) may be connected, although these reflect an s-less stem *kep-.

Pronunciation edit

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ské.pas/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈske.pas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsce.pas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsce.pas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsce.pas/

Noun edit

σκέπᾰς • (sképas) n (genitive σκέπᾰος); third declension

covering, shelter
Synonym: σκέπη (sképē)

Inflection edit

Third declension of τὸ σκέπᾰς; τοῦ σκέπᾰος (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκέπᾰς tò sképas	τὼ σκέπᾰε tṑ sképae	τᾰ̀ σκέπᾰᾰ tà sképaa
Genitive	τοῦ σκέπᾰος toû sképaos	τοῖν σκεπᾰ́οιν toîn skepáoin	τῶν σκεπᾰ́ων tôn skepáōn
Dative	τῷ σκέπᾰῐ̈ tôi sképaï	τοῖν σκεπᾰ́οιν toîn skepáoin	τοῖς σκέπᾰσῐ / σκέπᾰσῐν toîs sképasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σκέπᾰς tò sképas	τὼ σκέπᾰε tṑ sképae	τᾰ̀ σκέπᾰᾰ tà sképaa
Vocative	σκέπᾰς sképas	σκέπᾰε sképae	σκέπᾰᾰ sképaa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.