Σκύθαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σκῠ́θης (Skŭ́thēs, “Scythian”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aină).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ský.tʰai̯.na/ → /ˈscy.θɛ.na/ → /ˈsci.θe.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ský.tʰai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsky.tʰɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.θɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.θe.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.θe.na/

Noun

Σκῠ́θαινᾰ • (Skŭ́thaină) f (genitive Σκῠθαίνης); first declension

1. a female inhabitant of Scythia; a female Scythian

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σκῠ́θαινᾰ; τῆς Σκῠθαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Σκῠ́θαινᾰ hē Skŭ́thaină	τὼ Σκῠθαίνᾱ tṑ Skŭthaínā	αἱ Σκῠ́θαιναι hai Skŭ́thainai
Genitive	τῆς Σκῠθαίνης tês Skŭthaínēs	τοῖν Σκῠθαίναιν toîn Skŭthaínain	τῶν Σκῠθαινῶν tôn Skŭthainôn
Dative	τῇ Σκῠθαίνῃ têi Skŭthaínēi	τοῖν Σκῠθαίναιν toîn Skŭthaínain	ταῖς Σκῠθαίναις taîs Skŭthaínais
Accusative	τὴν Σκῠ́θαινᾰν tḕn Skŭ́thainăn	τὼ Σκῠθαίνᾱ tṑ Skŭthaínā	τᾱ̀ς Σκῠθαίνᾱς tā̀s Skŭthaínās
Vocative	Σκῠ́θαινᾰ Skŭ́thaină	Σκῠθαίνᾱ Skŭthaínā	Σκῠ́θαιναι Skŭ́thainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ (Skŭthĭ́ā)
• Σκῠθῐκή (Skŭthĭkḗ)
• Σκῠθῐκός (Skŭthĭkós)
• Σκῠθῐστῐ́ (Skŭthĭstĭ́)

Descendants

• Greek: Σκύθαινα (Skýthaina)
• Latin: Scythaena

References

• “Σκύθαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025