σκῆψις

See also: Σκῆψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to allege, pretend”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκῆψῐς • (skêpsĭs) f (genitive σκήψεως); third declension

  1. pretext, plea, excuse, pretence
  2. plea in a lawcourt

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σκῆψῐς; τῆς σκήψεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σκῆψῐς
hē skêpsĭs 		τὼ σκήψει
tṑ skḗpsei 		αἱ σκήψεις
hai skḗpseis
Genitive τῆς σκήψεως
tês skḗpseōs 		τοῖν σκηψέοιν
toîn skēpséoin 		τῶν σκήψεων
tôn skḗpseōn
Dative τῇ σκήψει
tēî skḗpsei 		τοῖν σκηψέοιν
toîn skēpséoin 		ταῖς σκήψεσῐ / σκήψεσῐν
taîs skḗpsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν σκῆψῐν
tḕn skêpsĭn 		τὼ σκήψει
tṑ skḗpsei 		τᾱ̀ς σκήψεις
tā̀s skḗpseis
Vocative σκῆψῐ
skêpsĭ 		σκήψει
skḗpsei 		σκήψεις
skḗpseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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