σκιά
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Ancient GreekEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *skéh₂-ih₂ ~ *skh₂-yéh₂-s (“shadow”).
PronunciationEdit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ski.ǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skiˈa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /skiˈa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sciˈa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sciˈa/
NounEdit
σκῐᾱ́ • (skiā́) f (genitive σκῐᾶς); first declension
InflectionEdit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σκῐᾱ́ hē skiā́ |
τὼ σκῐᾱ́ tṑ skiā́ |
αἱ σκῐαί hai skiaí |
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Genitive | τῆς σκῐᾶς tês skiâs |
τοῖν σκῐαῖν toîn skiaîn |
τῶν σκῐῶν tôn skiôn |
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Dative | τῇ σκῐᾷ têi skiâi |
τοῖν σκῐαῖν toîn skiaîn |
ταῖς σκῐαῖς taîs skiaîs |
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Accusative | τὴν σκῐᾱ́ν tḕn skiā́n |
τὼ σκῐᾱ́ tṑ skiā́ |
τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾱ́ς tā̀s skiā́s |
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Vocative | σκῐᾱ́ skiā́ |
σκῐᾱ́ skiā́ |
σκῐαί skiaí |
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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.
GreekEdit
NounEdit
σκιά • (skiá) f (plural σκιές)
- shadow (usual and figurative English uses)
- dark area cast by light source
- θέατρο σκιών (shadow theatre)
- black area
- Ο ύποπτος χάθηκε μέσα στις σκιές της νύχτας. (The suspect disappeared into the shadows of the night.)
- follower, person following another, tail
- shadow effects (in typography, etc)
- σκιά ματιών (eye shadow)
- faded, weakened person
- σκιά του παλιού του εαυτού (shadow of his former self)
- dark area cast by light source
DeclensionEdit
declension of σκιά
SynonymsEdit
- ίσκιος m (ískios)
Related termsEdit
- σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)