σκιά

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Ancient GreekEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *skéh₂-ih₂ ~ *skh₂-yéh₂-s (“shadow”).

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA^(key): /ski.ǎː/ → /skiˈa/ → /sciˈa/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /ski.ǎː/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skiˈa/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /skiˈa/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sciˈa/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sciˈa/

NounEdit

σκῐᾱ́ • (skiā́) f (genitive σκῐᾶς); first declension

1. shadow
2. shade (shelter from the sun)
3. shade (spirit of someone dead)

InflectionEdit

First declension of ἡ σκῐᾱ́; τῆς σκῐᾶς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκῐᾱ́	τὼ σκῐᾱ́	αἱ σκῐαί
Genitive	τῆς σκῐᾶς	τοῖν σκῐαῖν	τῶν σκῐῶν
Dative	τῇ σκῐᾷ	τοῖν σκῐαῖν	ταῖς σκῐαῖς
Accusative	τὴν σκῐᾱ́ν	τὼ σκῐᾱ́	τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾱ́ς
Vocative	σκῐᾱ́	σκῐᾱ́	σκῐαί
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ReferencesEdit

• σκιά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σκιά» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “G4639”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • apparition idem, page 34.
  • appearance idem, page 35.
  • form idem, page 338.
  • ghost idem, page 358.
  • jot idem, page 464.
  • phantom idem, page 610.
  • shade idem, page 760.
  • shadow idem, page 760.
  • skeleton idem, page 780.
  • spectre idem, page 800.
  • spirit idem, page 802.
  • umbrage idem, page 905.
  • vision idem, page 954.

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GreekEdit

NounEdit

σκιά • (skiá) f (plural σκιές)

1. shadow (usual and figurative English uses)
   1. dark area cast by light source

      θέατρο σκιών (shadow theatre)

   2. black area

      Ο ύποπτος χάθηκε μέσα στις σκιές της νύχτας. (The suspect disappeared into the shadows of the night.)

   3. follower, person following another, tail
   4. shadow effects (in typography, etc)

      σκιά ματιών (eye shadow)

   5. faded, weakened person

      σκιά του παλιού του εαυτού (shadow of his former self)

DeclensionEdit

declension of σκιά

	singular	plural
nominative	σκιά •	σκιές •
genitive	σκιάς •	σκιών •
accusative	σκιά •	σκιές •
vocative	σκιά •	σκιές •

SynonymsEdit

• ίσκιος m (ískios)

Related termsEdit

• σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)