σκιαγράφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) +‎ -γράφος (-gráphos, “writer, painter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ski.aː.ɡrá.pʰos/ → /sci.aˈɣra.ɸos/ → /sci.aˈɣra.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ski.aː.ɡrá.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ski.aˈɡra.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sci.aˈɣra.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sci.aˈɣra.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sci.aˈɣra.fos/

Noun

σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φος • (skiāgráphos) m (genitive σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φου); second declension

1. perspective-painter, scene-painter

   Synonym: σκηνογράφος (skēnográphos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φος; τοῦ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φος ho skiāgráphos	τὼ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φω tṑ skiāgráphō	οἱ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοι hoi skiāgráphoi
Genitive	τοῦ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φου toû skiāgráphou	τοῖν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοιν toîn skiāgráphoin	τῶν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φων tôn skiāgráphōn
Dative	τῷ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φῳ tôi skiāgráphōi	τοῖν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοιν toîn skiāgráphoin	τοῖς σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοις toîs skiāgráphois
Accusative	τὸν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φον tòn skiāgráphon	τὼ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φω tṑ skiāgráphō	τοὺς σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φους toùs skiāgráphous
Vocative	σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φε skiāgráphe	σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φω skiāgráphō	σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοι skiāgráphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σκῐᾱγρᾰφέω (skiāgraphéō)
• σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φημᾰ (skiāgráphēma)
• σκῐᾱγρᾰφῐκός (skiāgraphikós)
• σκῐᾱγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (skiāgraphíā)

 

References

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