σκοπιά

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From σκοπός (skopós, “lookout, watcher”) +‎ -ιᾱ́ (-iā́).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκοπῐᾱ́ • (skopiā́) f (genitive σκοπῐᾶς); first declension

  1. lookout place
    Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)
  2. mountain peak
    Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)
  3. height or highest point of anything
  4. watchtower
    Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)
  5. lookout (session of watching), watch (act of guarding)

Declension

First declension of ἡ σκοπῐᾱ́; τῆς σκοπῐᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σκοπῐᾱ́
hē skopiā́ 		τὼ σκοπῐᾱ́
tṑ skopiā́ 		αἱ σκοπῐαί
hai skopiaí
Genitive τῆς σκοπῐᾶς
tês skopiâs 		τοῖν σκοπῐαῖν
toîn skopiaîn 		τῶν σκοπῐῶν
tôn skopiôn
Dative τῇ σκοπῐᾷ
têi skopiâi 		τοῖν σκοπῐαῖν
toîn skopiaîn 		ταῖς σκοπῐαῖς
taîs skopiaîs
Accusative τὴν σκοπῐᾱ́ν
tḕn skopiā́n 		τὼ σκοπῐᾱ́
tṑ skopiā́ 		τᾱ̀ς σκοπῐᾱ́ς
tā̀s skopiā́s
Vocative σκοπῐᾱ́
skopiā́ 		σκοπῐᾱ́
skopiā́ 		σκοπῐαί
skopiaí
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Derived terms

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

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)

  1. watchtower, sentry
  2. viewpoint

Declension

declension of σκοπιά
case     \     number singular plural
nominative σκοπιά • σκοπιές •
genitive σκοπιάς • σκοπιών •
accusative σκοπιά • σκοπιές •
vocative σκοπιά • σκοπιές •

Related terms

  • see: σκοπός m (skopós, “observer, watcher, aim, goal”)
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