σκιαγράφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -γράφος (-gráphos, “writer, painter”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ski.aː.ɡrá.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ski.aˈɡra.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sci.aˈɣra.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sci.aˈɣra.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sci.aˈɣra.fos/
Noun
σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φος • (skĭāgrắphos) m (genitive σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φου); second declension
- perspective-painter, scene-painter
- Synonym: σκηνογράφος (skēnográphos)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φος ho skĭāgrắphos |
τὼ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φω tṑ skĭāgrắphō |
οἱ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοι hoi skĭāgrắphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φου toû skĭāgrắphou |
τοῖν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοιν toîn skĭāgrắphoin |
τῶν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φων tôn skĭāgrắphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φῳ tōî skĭāgrắphōi |
τοῖν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοιν toîn skĭāgrắphoin |
τοῖς σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοις toîs skĭāgrắphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φον tòn skĭāgrắphon |
τὼ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φω tṑ skĭāgrắphō |
τοὺς σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φους toùs skĭāgrắphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φε skĭāgrắphe |
σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φω skĭāgrắphō |
σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοι skĭāgrắphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σκῐᾱγρᾰφέω (skĭāgrăphéō)
- σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φημᾰ (skĭāgrắphēmă)
- σκῐᾱγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (skĭāgrăphĭ́ā)
- σκῐᾱγρᾰφῐκός (skĭāgrăphĭkós)
References
- “σκιαγράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκιαγράφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette