σκιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκίη (skíē) – Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skéh₂-ih₂ ~ *skh₂-yéh₂-s.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

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

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

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκῐᾱ́; τῆς σκῐᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκῐᾱ́ hē skiā́	τὼ σκῐᾱ́ tṑ skiā́	αἱ σκῐαί hai skiaí
Genitive	τῆς σκῐᾶς tês skiâs	τοῖν σκῐαῖν toîn skiaîn	τῶν σκῐῶν tôn skiôn
Dative	τῇ σκῐᾷ têi skiâi	τοῖν σκῐαῖν toîn skiaîn	ταῖς σκῐαῖς taîs skiaîs
Accusative	τὴν σκῐᾱ́ν tḕn skiā́n	τὼ σκῐᾱ́ tṑ skiā́	τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾱ́ς tā̀s skiā́s
Vocative	σκῐᾱ́ skiā́	σκῐᾱ́ skiā́	σκῐαί skiaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄσκιος (áskios)
• δολιχόσκιος (dolikhóskios)
• εὔσκιος (eúskios)
• σκιαμαχία (skiamakhía)
• σκιόεις (skióeis)

 

Further reading

• 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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Greek

Noun

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)

Declension

declension of σκιά

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

Synonyms

• ίσκιος m (ískios)

Related terms

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