σκηπτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to let fall, hurl upon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skɛːp.tós/ → /scipˈtos/ → /scipˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skɛːp.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ske̝pˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /scipˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /scipˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /scipˈtos/

Noun

σκηπτός • (skēptós) m (genitive σκηπτοῦ); second declension

1. thunderbolt, lightning strike

   Synonym: κεραυνός (keraunós)

2. dust-storm, hurricane

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σκηπτός; τοῦ σκηπτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκηπτός ho skēptós	τὼ σκηπτώ tṑ skēptṓ	οἱ σκηπτοί hoi skēptoí
Genitive	τοῦ σκηπτοῦ toû skēptoû	τοῖν σκηπτοῖν toîn skēptoîn	τῶν σκηπτῶν tôn skēptôn
Dative	τῷ σκηπτῷ tôi skēptôi	τοῖν σκηπτοῖν toîn skēptoîn	τοῖς σκηπτοῖς toîs skēptoîs
Accusative	τὸν σκηπτόν tòn skēptón	τὼ σκηπτώ tṑ skēptṓ	τοὺς σκηπτούς toùs skēptoús
Vocative	σκηπτέ skēpté	σκηπτώ skēptṓ	σκηπτοί skēptoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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