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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀλαός (alaós, “blind, unseeing”) + σκοπιᾱ́ (skopiā́, “lookout”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.la.os.ko.pi.ɛ̌ː/ → /a.la.os.ko.piˈi/ → /a.la.os.ko.piˈi/
Noun
ἀλᾰοσκοπῐή • (alăoskopĭḗ) f (genitive ἀλᾰοσκοπῐῆς); first declension
- (Epic) useless or careless watch
Usage notes
Found only in the phrase οὐδʼ ἀλαοσκοπιὴν εἶχε (oudʼ alaoskopiḕn eîkhe)/οὐκ ἀλαοσκοπιὴν ἔχεν (ouk alaoskopiḕn ékhen, “kept no careless watch”).
Declension
ᾰ̓λᾰοσκοπῐή
ălăoskopĭḗ
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ᾰ̓λᾰοσκοπῐῆς
ălăoskopĭês
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ᾰ̓λᾰοσκοπῐῇ
ălăoskopĭêi
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ᾰ̓λᾰοσκοπῐήν
ălăoskopĭḗn
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ᾰ̓λᾰοσκοπῐή
ălăoskopĭḗ
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- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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Further reading
- “ἀλαοσκοπιή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀλαοσκοπιή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλαοσκοπιή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἀλαοσκοπιή”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἀλαοσκοπιή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press