Σκυθία
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Σκῠ́θης (Skúthēs, “Scythian”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sky.tʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skyˈtʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /scyˈθi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /scyˈθi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sciˈθi.a/
Proper noun edit
Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ • (Skuthíā) f (genitive Σκῠθῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Scythia, a region in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ hē Skuthíā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Σκῠθῐ́ᾱς tês Skuthíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Σκῠθῐ́ᾳ têi Skuthíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Σκῠθῐ́ᾱν tḕn Skuthíān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ Skuthíā | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms edit
- Σκῠθῐκή (Skuthikḗ)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Σκυθία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025