Σκύθαινα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Σκῠ́θης (Skŭ́thēs, “Scythian”) + -αινᾰ (-aină).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ský.tʰai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsky.tʰɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.θɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.θe.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsci.θe.na/
Noun
Σκῠ́θαινᾰ • (Skŭ́thaină) f (genitive Σκῠθαίνης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Σκῠ́θαινᾰ hē Skŭ́thaină |
τὼ Σκῠθαίνᾱ tṑ Skŭthaínā |
αἱ Σκῠ́θαιναι hai Skŭ́thainai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σκῠθαίνης tês Skŭthaínēs |
τοῖν Σκῠθαίναιν toîn Skŭthaínain |
τῶν Σκῠθαινῶν tôn Skŭthainôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σκῠθαίνῃ têi Skŭthaínēi |
τοῖν Σκῠθαίναιν toîn Skŭthaínain |
ταῖς Σκῠθαίναις taîs Skŭthaínais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σκῠ́θαινᾰν tḕn Skŭ́thainăn |
τὼ Σκῠθαίνᾱ tṑ Skŭthaínā |
τᾱ̀ς Σκῠθαίνᾱς tā̀s Skŭthaínās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Σκῠ́θαινᾰ Skŭ́thaină |
Σκῠθαίνᾱ Skŭthaínā |
Σκῠ́θαιναι Skŭ́thainai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “Σκύθαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025