Σκυθία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σκῠ́θης (Skŭ́thēs, “Scythian”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ • (Skŭthĭ́ā) f (genitive Σκῠθῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Scythia (a geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Σκῠθῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ
hē Skŭthĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Σκῠθῐ́ᾱς
tês Skŭthĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Σκῠθῐ́ᾳ
tēî Skŭthĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Σκῠθῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Skŭthĭ́ān
Vocative Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ
Skŭthĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Greek: Σκυθία (Skythía)
  • → Latin: Scythia

References

  • “Σκυθία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
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