σκοπή
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sko.pɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skoˈpe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /skoˈpi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /skoˈpi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /skoˈpi/
Noun
[edit]σκοπή • (skopḗ) f (genitive σκοπῆς); first declension
- a vantage point, a lookout, a watchtower
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σκοπή hē skopḗ |
τὼ σκοπᾱ́ tṑ skopā́ |
αἱ σκοπαί hai skopaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σκοπῆς tês skopês |
τοῖν σκοπαῖν toîn skopaîn |
τῶν σκοπῶν tôn skopôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σκοπῇ têi skopêi |
τοῖν σκοπαῖν toîn skopaîn |
ταῖς σκοπαῖς taîs skopaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σκοπήν tḕn skopḗn |
τὼ σκοπᾱ́ tṑ skopā́ |
τᾱ̀ς σκοπᾱ́ς tā̀s skopā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | σκοπή skopḗ |
σκοπᾱ́ skopā́ |
σκοπαί skopaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “σκοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σκοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σκοπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- look-out idem, page 499.
- outlook idem, page 582.
- watch-tower idem, page 966.
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (o-grade)
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension