Σκύθης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Scythian *Skuδat, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to propel, shoot”), whence English shoot.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ský.tʰɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsky.tʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.θis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.θis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsci.θis/
Noun
Σκῠ́θης • (Skúthēs) m (genitive Σκῠ́θου); first declension
- an inhabitant of Scythia; a Scythian
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- Τοὺς δὲ δούλους οἱ Σκύθαι πάντας τυφλοῦσι τοῦ γάλακτος εἵνεκεν τοῦ πίνουσι ποιεῦντες ὧδε.
- Toùs dè doúlous hoi Skúthai pántas tuphloûsi toû gálaktos heíneken toû pínousi poieûntes hôde.
- Now the Scythians blind all their slaves, to use them in preparing their milk.
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Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Σκῠ́θης ho Skúthēs |
τὼ Σκῠ́θᾱ tṑ Skúthā |
οἱ Σκῠ́θαι hoi Skúthai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Σκῠ́θου toû Skúthou |
τοῖν Σκῠ́θαιν toîn Skúthain |
τῶν Σκῠθῶν tôn Skuthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Σκῠ́θῃ tôi Skúthēi |
τοῖν Σκῠ́θαιν toîn Skúthain |
τοῖς Σκῠ́θαις toîs Skúthais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Σκῠ́θην tòn Skúthēn |
τὼ Σκῠ́θᾱ tṑ Skúthā |
τοὺς Σκῠ́θᾱς toùs Skúthās | ||||||||||
Vocative | Σκῠ́θᾰ Skútha |
Σκῠ́θᾱ Skúthā |
Σκῠ́θαι Skúthai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σκύθαινα f (Skúthaina)
- Σκυθία (Skuthía)
- Σκυθική (Skuthikḗ)
- Σκυθικός (Skuthikós)
- Σκυθιστί (Skuthistí)
Descendants
- Greek: Σκύθης (Skýthis) (plural Σκύθες (Skýthes))
- Latin: Scythes (plural Scythae)
- Old Armenian: սկիւթ (skiwtʻ)
- Armenian: սկյութ (skyutʻ)
References
- “Σκύθης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4658 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
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