σκηπτός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to let fall, hurl upon”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skɛːp.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ske̝pˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /scipˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /scipˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /scipˈtos/
Noun
σκηπτός • (skēptós) m (genitive σκηπτοῦ); second declension
- thunderbolt, lightning strike
- Synonym: κεραυνός (keraunós)
- dust-storm, hurricane
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σκηπτός ho skēptós |
τὼ σκηπτώ tṑ skēptṓ |
οἱ σκηπτοί hoi skēptoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκηπτοῦ toû skēptoû |
τοῖν σκηπτοῖν toîn skēptoîn |
τῶν σκηπτῶν tôn skēptôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκηπτῷ tōî skēptōî |
τοῖν σκηπτοῖν toîn skēptoîn |
τοῖς σκηπτοῖς toîs skēptoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σκηπτόν tòn skēptón |
τὼ σκηπτώ tṑ skēptṓ |
τοὺς σκηπτούς toùs skēptoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκηπτέ skēpté |
σκηπτώ skēptṓ |
σκηπτοί skēptoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σκηπτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκηπτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette