Σκυθία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σκῠ́θης (Skŭ́thēs, “Scythian”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sky.tʰí.aː/ → /scyˈθi.a/ → /sciˈθi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sky.tʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skyˈtʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /scyˈθi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /scyˈθi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sciˈθi.a/

Proper noun

Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ • (Skŭthĭ́ā) f (genitive Σκῠθῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Scythia (a geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Σκῠθῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ hē Skŭthĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Σκῠθῐ́ᾱς tês Skŭthĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Σκῠθῐ́ᾳ tēî Skŭthĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Σκῠθῐ́ᾱν tḕn Skŭthĭ́ān
Vocative	Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ Skŭthĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• Σκῠθῐκή (Skŭthĭkḗ)

Related terms

• Σκῠ́θαινᾰ (Skŭ́thaină)
• Σκῠθῐκός (Skŭthĭkós)
• Σκῠθῐστῐ́ (Skŭthĭstĭ́)

Descendants

• Greek: Σκυθία (Skythía)
• → Latin: Scythia
  • → English: Scythia
  • French: Scythie
  • Portuguese: Cítia
  • Spanish: Escitia

References

• “Σκυθία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025