Σκαιαί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nominalization of σκαιός (skaiós, “western, left-hand”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skai̯.ǎi̯/ → /scɛˈɛ/ → /sceˈe/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skai̯.ǎi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skɛˈɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /scɛˈɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sceˈe/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sceˈe/

Proper noun

Σκαιαί • (Skaiaí) f pl (genitive Σκαιῶν); first declension

1. Scaean Gates (gateway in the walls of Troy)

Declension

First declension of Σκαιαί; Σκαιᾱ́ων (Epic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	Σκαιαί Skaiaí
Genitive	Σκαιᾱ́ων / Σκαιέ͜ων / Σκαιῶν Skaiā́ōn / Skaié͜ōn / Skaiôn
Dative	Σκαιῇσῐ / Σκαιῇσῐν / Σκαιῇς / Σκαιαῖς Skaiêisĭ(n) / Skaiêis / Skaiaîs
Accusative	Σκαιᾱ́ς Skaiā́s
Vocative	Σκαιαί Skaiaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “Σκαιαί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Σκαιαί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Σκαιαί”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011