ἀλαοσκοπιή
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From ἀλαός (alaós, “blind, unseeing”) + σκοπιᾱ́ (skopiā́, “lookout”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.la.os.ko.pi.ɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.la.os.ko.piˈe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.la.os.ko.piˈi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.la.os.ko.piˈi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.la.os.ko.piˈi/
Noun edit
ἀλᾰοσκοπῐή • (alaoskopiḗ) f (genitive ἀλᾰοσκοπῐῆς); first declension
Usage notes edit
Found only in the phrase οὐδʼ ἀλαοσκοπιὴν εἶχε (oudʼ alaoskopiḕn eîkhe)/οὐκ ἀλαοσκοπιὴν ἔχεν (ouk alaoskopiḕn ékhen, “kept no careless watch”).
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐή alaoskopiḗ | ||||||||||||
Genitive | ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐῆς alaoskopiês | ||||||||||||
Dative | ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐῇ alaoskopiêi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐήν alaoskopiḗn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐή alaoskopiḗ | ||||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “ἀλαοσκοπιή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀλαοσκοπιή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλαοσκοπιή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀλαοσκοπιή - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
- “ἀλαοσκοπιή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press