σκοτία

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See also: Σκωτία, and Σκοτία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκότος (skótos, “darkness”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκοτῐ́ᾱ • (skotíā) f (genitive σκοτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. darkness, gloom
  2. (architecture) scotia, cavetto, so called from the dark shadow it casts
    • Vitruvius 3.3

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκοτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σκοτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σκοτῐ́ᾱ
hē skotíā 		τὼ σκοτῐ́ᾱ
tṑ skotíā 		αἱ σκοτῐ́αι
hai skotíai
Genitive τῆς σκοτῐ́ᾱς
tês skotíās 		τοῖν σκοτῐ́αιν
toîn skotíain 		τῶν σκοτῐῶν
tôn skotiôn
Dative τῇ σκοτῐ́ᾳ
têi skotíāi 		τοῖν σκοτῐ́αιν
toîn skotíain 		ταῖς σκοτῐ́αις
taîs skotíais
Accusative τὴν σκοτῐ́ᾱν
tḕn skotíān 		τὼ σκοτῐ́ᾱ
tṑ skotíā 		τᾱ̀ς σκοτῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s skotíās
Vocative σκοτῐ́ᾱ
skotíā 		σκοτῐ́ᾱ
skotíā 		σκοτῐ́αι
skotíai
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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκοτία (skotía).

Noun

σκοτία • (skotía) f

  1. (architecture) scotia

Declension

Declension of σκοτία
singular plural
nominative σκοτία • σκοτίες •
genitive σκοτίας • σκοτιών •
accusative σκοτία • σκοτίες •
vocative σκοτία • σκοτίες •
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