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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σκοῦποι (Skoûpoi), of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “observer, watcher”), referring to its position as a high place.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Scūpī m pl (genitive Scūpōrum); second declension
- Skopje
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
References
- “Scupi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Scupi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Wilson, Nigel, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. Routledge. p. 663