Σκύθαι
Ancient Greek
editPronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ský.tʰai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsky.tʰɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.θɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.θe/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsci.θe/
Noun
editΣκῠ́θαι • (Skúthai) m
- nominative/vocative plural of Σκῠ́θης (Skúthēs)
- (in the previous quotation: nominative)
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.2.1:
- Τοὺς δὲ δούλους οἱ Σκύθαι πάντας τυφλοῦσι τοῦ γάλακτος εἵνεκεν τοῦ πίνουσι ποιεῦντες ὧδε.
- Toùs dè doúlous hoi Skúthai pántas tuphloûsi toû gálaktos heíneken toû pínousi poieûntes hôde.
- Now the Scythians blind all their slaves, to use them in preparing their milk.
- Τοὺς δὲ δούλους οἱ Σκύθαι πάντας τυφλοῦσι τοῦ γάλακτος εἵνεκεν τοῦ πίνουσι ποιεῦντες ὧδε.
- a police force in Athens
Synonyms
edit- (police-force in Athens): Σπευσίνιοι (Speusínioi), τοξότης (toxótēs)