σκιά

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σκίη (skíē) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ski.ǎː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skiˈa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sciˈa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sciˈa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sciˈa/

Noun

σκῐᾱ́ • (skiā́) f (genitive σκῐᾶς); first declension

shadow
shade (shelter from the sun)
shade (spirit of someone dead)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκῐᾱ́; τῆς σκῐᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκῐᾱ́ hē skiā́	τὼ σκῐᾱ́ tṑ skiā́	αἱ σκῐαί hai skiaí
Genitive	τῆς σκῐᾶς tês skiâs	τοῖν σκῐαῖν toîn skiaîn	τῶν σκῐῶν tôn skiôn
Dative	τῇ σκῐᾷ têi skiâi	τοῖν σκῐαῖν toîn skiaîn	ταῖς σκῐαῖς taîs skiaîs
Accusative	τὴν σκῐᾱ́ν tḕn skiā́n	τὼ σκῐᾱ́ tṑ skiā́	τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾱ́ς tā̀s skiā́s
Vocative	σκῐᾱ́ skiā́	σκῐᾱ́ skiā́	σκῐαί skiaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἄσκιος (áskios)
δολιχόσκιος (dolikhóskios)
εὔσκιος (eúskios)
σκιαγράφος (skiagráphos)
σκιάζω (skiázō)
σκιαμαχία (skiamakhía)
σκιάς (skiás)
σκιαυγέω (skiaugéō)
σκιάω (skiáō)
σκιόεις (skióeis)

Descendants

Byzantine Greek: ἥσκιος (hḗskios)
- Greek: ίσκιος (ískios)
→ Greek: σκιά (skiá)
Mariupol Greek: щадъ (śað)
→ English: scia-
→ French: scia-
→ Italian: scia-

Further reading

“σκιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σκιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G4639 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- apparition idem, page 34.
- appearance idem, page 35.
- form idem, page 338.
- ghost idem, page 358.
- jot idem, page 464.
- phantom idem, page 610.
- shade idem, page 760.
- shadow idem, page 760.
- skeleton idem, page 780.
- spectre idem, page 800.
- spirit idem, page 802.
- umbrage idem, page 905.
- vision idem, page 954.

Greek

Alternative forms

ίσκιος (ískios)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá); Doublet of ίσκιος (ískios).

Noun

σκιά • (skiá) f (plural σκιές)

(figurative, literal) shadow, shade
1. dark area cast by light source
  θέατρο σκιών ― théatro skión ― shadow theatre
2. black area
  Ο ύποπτος χάθηκε μέσα στις σκιές της νύχτας. ― O ýpoptos cháthike mésa stis skiés tis nýchtas. ― The suspect disappeared into the shadows of the night.
3. follower, person following another, tail
4. shadow effects (in typography, etc)
  σκιά ματιών ― skiá matión ― eye shadow
5. faded, weakened person
  σκιά του παλιού του εαυτού ― skiá tou palioú tou eaftoú ― shadow of his former self
(Kaliarda) secret gay life, double life

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	σκιά (skiá)	σκιές (skiés)
genitive	σκιάς (skiás)	σκιών (skión)
accusative	σκιά (skiá)	σκιές (skiés)
vocative	σκιά (skiá)	σκιές (skiés)

Related terms

απόσκιο n (apóskio, “shade”)
απόσκιος (apóskios, “shady”, adjective)
ασκίαστος (askíastos, “unshaded”, adjective)
σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)
σκιερός (skierós, “shady”, adjective)

Further reading

σκιά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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