σκαπτός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Verbal adjective, from σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig, delve”) + -τός (-tós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skap.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skapˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /skapˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /skapˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /skapˈtos/
Adjective
σκᾰπτός • (skăptós) m (feminine σκᾰπτή, neuter σκᾰπτόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | σκᾰπτός skăptós |
σκᾰπτή skăptḗ |
σκᾰπτόν skăptón |
σκᾰπτώ skăptṓ |
σκᾰπτᾱ́ skăptā́ |
σκᾰπτώ skăptṓ |
σκᾰπτοί skăptoí |
σκᾰπταί skăptaí |
σκᾰπτᾰ́ skăptắ | |||||
| Genitive | σκᾰπτοῦ skăptoû |
σκᾰπτῆς skăptês |
σκᾰπτοῦ skăptoû |
σκᾰπτοῖν skăptoîn |
σκᾰπταῖν skăptaîn |
σκᾰπτοῖν skăptoîn |
σκᾰπτῶν skăptôn |
σκᾰπτῶν skăptôn |
σκᾰπτῶν skăptôn | |||||
| Dative | σκᾰπτῷ skăptōî |
σκᾰπτῇ skăptēî |
σκᾰπτῷ skăptōî |
σκᾰπτοῖν skăptoîn |
σκᾰπταῖν skăptaîn |
σκᾰπτοῖν skăptoîn |
σκᾰπτοῖς skăptoîs |
σκᾰπταῖς skăptaîs |
σκᾰπτοῖς skăptoîs | |||||
| Accusative | σκᾰπτόν skăptón |
σκᾰπτήν skăptḗn |
σκᾰπτόν skăptón |
σκᾰπτώ skăptṓ |
σκᾰπτᾱ́ skăptā́ |
σκᾰπτώ skăptṓ |
σκᾰπτούς skăptoús |
σκᾰπτᾱ́ς skăptā́s |
σκᾰπτᾰ́ skăptắ | |||||
| Vocative | σκᾰπτέ skăpté |
σκᾰπτή skăptḗ |
σκᾰπτόν skăptón |
σκᾰπτώ skăptṓ |
σκᾰπτᾱ́ skăptā́ |
σκᾰπτώ skăptṓ |
σκᾰπτοί skăptoí |
σκᾰπταί skăptaí |
σκᾰπτᾰ́ skăptắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| σκᾰπτῶς skăptôs |
σκᾰπτότερος skăptóteros |
σκᾰπτότᾰτος skăptótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σκαπτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σκαπτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σκαπτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette