Σκαιαί
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Nominalization of σκαιός (skaiós, “western, left-hand”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skai̯.ǎi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skɛˈɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /scɛˈɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sceˈe/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sceˈe/
Proper noun
Σκαιαί • (Skaiaí) f pl (genitive Σκαιῶν); first declension
- Scaean Gates (gateway in the walls of Troy)
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Σκαιαί Skaiaí | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Σκαιᾱ́ων / Σκαιέ͜ων / Σκαιῶν Skaiā́ōn / Skaié͜ōn / Skaiôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Σκαιῇς / Σκαιῇσῐ / Σκαιῇσῐν / Σκαιαῖς Skaiēîs / Skaiēîsĭ(n) / Skaiaîs | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Σκαιᾱ́ς Skaiā́s | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σκαιαί Skaiaí | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “Σκαιαί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Σκαιαί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Σκαιαί, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011