Σχερία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σχερίη (Skheríē) — Ionic

Etymology

Unknown. May be related to σχερός (skherós, “headland, beach”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰe.rí.aː/ → /sçeˈri.a/ → /sçeˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰe.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰeˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sçeˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sçeˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sçeˈri.a/

Proper noun

Σχερῐ́ᾱ • (Skheríā) f (genitive Σχερῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Scheria, the ancient name of the island of Corcyra

Declension

First declension of ἡ Σχερῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Σχερῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σχερῐ́ᾱ hē Skheríā
Genitive	τῆς Σχερῐ́ᾱς tês Skheríās
Dative	τῇ Σχερῐ́ᾳ têi Skheríāi
Accusative	τὴν Σχερῐ́ᾱν tḕn Skheríān
Vocative	Σχερῐ́ᾱ Skheríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Scheria

Further reading

• “Σχερία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Σχερία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette