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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sko.pɛ̌ː/ → /skoˈpi/ → /skoˈpi/
Noun
σκοπή • (skopḗ) f (genitive σκοπῆς); first declension
- a vantage point, a lookout, a watchtower
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “σκοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σκοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σκοπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.