Σκύθαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σκῠ́θης (Skŭ́thēs, “Scythian”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aină).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Σκῠ́θαινᾰ • (Skŭ́thaină) f (genitive Σκῠθαίνης); first declension

  1. a female inhabitant of Scythia; a female Scythian

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σκῠ́θαινᾰ; τῆς Σκῠθαίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Σκῠ́θαινᾰ
hē Skŭ́thaină 		τὼ Σκῠθαίνᾱ
tṑ Skŭthaínā 		αἱ Σκῠ́θαιναι
hai Skŭ́thainai
Genitive τῆς Σκῠθαίνης
tês Skŭthaínēs 		τοῖν Σκῠθαίναιν
toîn Skŭthaínain 		τῶν Σκῠθαινῶν
tôn Skŭthainôn
Dative τῇ Σκῠθαίνῃ
tēî Skŭthaínēi 		τοῖν Σκῠθαίναιν
toîn Skŭthaínain 		ταῖς Σκῠθαίναις
taîs Skŭthaínais
Accusative τὴν Σκῠ́θαινᾰν
tḕn Skŭ́thainăn 		τὼ Σκῠθαίνᾱ
tṑ Skŭthaínā 		τᾱ̀ς Σκῠθαίνᾱς
tā̀s Skŭthaínās
Vocative Σκῠ́θαινᾰ
Skŭ́thaină 		Σκῠθαίνᾱ
Skŭthaínā 		Σκῠ́θαιναι
Skŭ́thainai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Σκύθαινα (Skýthaina)
  • Latin: Scythaena

References

  • “Σκύθαινα”, 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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