σκιάδειον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκιάς (skiás, “canopy or arbour”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ski.á.deː.on/ → /sciˈa.ði.on/ → /sciˈa.ði.on/

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

Noun

σκῐᾰ́δειον • (skiádeion) n (genitive σκῐᾰδείου); second declension

1. sunshade, parasol
2. sort of broad-brimmed hat
3. carriage with a tilt or hood
4. (botany) umbel of umbelliferous plants

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σκῐᾰ́δειον; τοῦ σκῐᾰδείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκῐᾰ́δειον tò skiádeion	τὼ σκῐᾰδείω tṑ skiadeíō	τᾰ̀ σκῐᾰ́δειᾰ tà skiádeia
Genitive	τοῦ σκῐᾰδείου toû skiadeíou	τοῖν σκῐᾰδείοιν toîn skiadeíoin	τῶν σκῐᾰδείων tôn skiadeíōn
Dative	τῷ σκῐᾰδείῳ tôi skiadeíōi	τοῖν σκῐᾰδείοιν toîn skiadeíoin	τοῖς σκῐᾰδείοις toîs skiadeíois
Accusative	τὸ σκῐᾰ́δειον tò skiádeion	τὼ σκῐᾰδείω tṑ skiadeíō	τᾰ̀ σκῐᾰ́δειᾰ tà skiádeia
Vocative	σκῐᾰ́δειον skiádeion	σκῐᾰδείω skiadeíō	σκῐᾰ́δειᾰ skiádeia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σκιάδειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκιάδειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette