σκαπέρδα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ska.pér.da/ → /skaˈper.ða/ → /skaˈper.ða/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ska.pér.da/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skaˈper.da/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skaˈper.ða/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skaˈper.ða/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skaˈper.ða/

Noun

σκαπέρδᾰ • (skapérda) f (genitive σκαπέρδης); first declension

1. tug of war at the Dionysia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκαπέρδᾰ; τῆς σκαπέρδης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκαπέρδᾰ hē skapérda	τὼ σκαπέρδᾱ tṑ skapérdā	αἱ σκαπέρδαι hai skapérdai
Genitive	τῆς σκαπέρδης tês skapérdēs	τοῖν σκαπέρδαιν toîn skapérdain	τῶν σκαπερδῶν tôn skaperdôn
Dative	τῇ σκαπέρδῃ têi skapérdēi	τοῖν σκαπέρδαιν toîn skapérdain	ταῖς σκαπέρδαις taîs skapérdais
Accusative	τὴν σκαπέρδᾰν tḕn skapérdan	τὼ σκαπέρδᾱ tṑ skapérdā	τᾱ̀ς σκαπέρδᾱς tā̀s skapérdās
Vocative	σκαπέρδᾰ skapérda	σκαπέρδᾱ skapérdā	σκαπέρδαι skapérdai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σκαπερδεύω (skaperdeúō)

References

• “σκαπέρδα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN