σκοπιά
See also: Σκόπια
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From σκοπός (skopós, “lookout, watcher”) + -ιᾱ́ (-iā́).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sko.pi.ǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sko.piˈa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sko.piˈa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sko.piˈa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sko.piˈa/
Noun
σκοπῐᾱ́ • (skopĭā́) f (genitive σκοπῐᾶς); first declension
- lookout place
- Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)
- mountain peak
- Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)
- height or highest point of anything
- watchtower
- Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)
- lookout (session of watching), watch (act of guarding)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σκοπῐᾱ́ hē skopĭā́ |
τὼ σκοπῐᾱ́ tṑ skopĭā́ |
αἱ σκοπῐαί hai skopĭaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σκοπῐᾶς tês skopĭâs |
τοῖν σκοπῐαῖν toîn skopĭaîn |
τῶν σκοπῐῶν tôn skopĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σκοπῐᾷ tēî skopĭāî |
τοῖν σκοπῐαῖν toîn skopĭaîn |
ταῖς σκοπῐαῖς taîs skopĭaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σκοπῐᾱ́ν tḕn skopĭā́n |
τὼ σκοπῐᾱ́ tṑ skopĭā́ |
τᾱ̀ς σκοπῐᾱ́ς tā̀s skopĭā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκοπῐᾱ́ skopĭā́ |
σκοπῐᾱ́ skopĭā́ |
σκοπῐαί skopĭaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀλαοσκοπιή (alaoskopiḗ)
Further reading
- “σκοπιά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- σκοπιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σκοπιή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “σκοπιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σκοπιά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- outlook idem, page 582.
- watch-tower idem, page 966.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκοπιᾱ́ (skopiā́), from σκοπός (skopós, “lookout, watcher”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skoˈpça/
- Hyphenation: σκο‧πιά
Noun
σκοπιά • (skopiá) f (plural σκοπιές)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σκοπιά (skopiá) | σκοπιές (skopiés) |
| genitive | σκοπιάς (skopiás) | σκοπιών (skopión) |
| accusative | σκοπιά (skopiá) | σκοπιές (skopiés) |
| vocative | σκοπιά (skopiá) | σκοπιές (skopiés) |
Related terms
- see: σκοπός m (skopós, “observer, watcher, aim, goal”)