σκιαστής

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From σκιάζω (skiázō, to overshadow) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, -er).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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σκῐᾰστής (skiastḗsm (genitive σκῐᾰστοῦ); first declension

  1. (Laconian, epithet of Apollo) Skiastes; he who casts (a) shadow
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Lycophron, Alexandra 561–563:
      ὧν ἀλκὴν ἑνὸς / οὐδʼ ὁ Σκιαστὴς Ὀρχιεὺς Τιλφούσιος / ἐμέμψατʼ [...]
      hôn alkḕn henòs / oudʼ ho Skiastḕs Orkhieùs Tilphoúsios / emémpsatʼ [...]
      the strength of one of whom / not even Skiastes Orchieus of Tilphousa / scorned [...]
    • Scholia in Lycophron's Alexandra 562:
      Σκιαστὴς καὶ Ὀρχιεὺς ὁ Ἀπόλλων / παρὰ Λάκωσι, / Τελφούσιος δὲ / παρὰ Βοιωτοῖς.
      Skiastḕs kaì Orkhieùs ho Apóllōn / parà Lákōsi, / Telphoúsios dè / parà Boiōtoîs.
      Skiastes and Orchieus [are the names of] Apollo / among the Laconians, / and Telphousius [is his name] / among the Boeotians.
  2. a servant who carries an umbrella
    • c. 381 CE – 390 CE, Gregory of Nazianzus, Carmina Moralia 8.146:
      Γεῦσται, σκιασταὶ, νευμάτων ἐπίσκοποι
      Geûstai, skiastaì, neumátōn epískopoi
      Tasters, servants carrying umbrellas, observers of nods

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