ἀλαοσκοπιή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλαός (alaós, “blind, unseeing”) +‎ σκοπιᾱ́ (skopiā́, “lookout”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.la.os.ko.pi.ɛ̌ː/ → /a.la.os.ko.piˈi/ → /a.la.os.ko.piˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.la.os.ko.pi.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.la.os.ko.piˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.la.os.ko.piˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.la.os.ko.piˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.la.os.ko.piˈi/

Noun

ἀλᾰοσκοπῐή • (alaoskopiḗ) f (genitive ἀλᾰοσκοπῐῆς); first declension

1. (Epic) useless or careless watch
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.515
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.10
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 8.285
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 466

Usage notes

Found only in the phrase οὐδʼ ἀλαοσκοπιὴν εἶχε (oudʼ alaoskopiḕn eîkhe)/οὐκ ἀλαοσκοπιὴν ἔχεν (ouk alaoskopiḕn ékhen, “kept no careless watch”).

Declension

First declension of ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐή; ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐῆς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐή alaoskopiḗ
Genitive	ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐῆς alaoskopiês
Dative	ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐῇ alaoskopiêi
Accusative	ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐήν alaoskopiḗn
Vocative	ἀ̆λᾰοσκοπῐή alaoskopiḗ
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἀλαοσκοπιή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀλαοσκοπιή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλαοσκοπιή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀλαοσκοπιή”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀλαοσκοπιή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press