σκιάς

See also: σκιᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ski.ás/ → /sciˈas/ → /sciˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ski.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skiˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sciˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sciˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sciˈas/

Noun

σκῐᾰ́ς • (skiás) f (genitive σκῐᾰ́δος); third declension

1. canopy or arbour, in form like a sunshade
2. (at Sparta) rotunda in which the assemblies of the people were held
3. (botany) umbel of plants

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σκῐᾰ́ς; τῆς σκῐᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκῐᾰ́ς hē skiás	τὼ σκῐᾰ́δε tṑ skiáde	αἱ σκῐᾰ́δες hai skiádes
Genitive	τῆς σκῐᾰ́δος tês skiádos	τοῖν σκῐᾰ́δοιν toîn skiádoin	τῶν σκῐᾰ́δων tôn skiádōn
Dative	τῇ σκῐᾰ́δῐ têi skiádi	τοῖν σκῐᾰ́δοιν toîn skiádoin	ταῖς σκῐᾰ́σῐ / σκῐᾰ́σῐν taîs skiási(n)
Accusative	τὴν σκῐᾰ́δᾰ tḕn skiáda	τὼ σκῐᾰ́δε tṑ skiáde	τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s skiádas
Vocative	σκῐᾰ́ς skiás	σκῐᾰ́δε skiáde	σκῐᾰ́δες skiádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• σκιάδειον (skiádeion)
• σκιαδεύς (skiadeús)
• σκιαδηφόρος (skiadēphóros)
• σκιαδίσκη (skiadískē)

 

Further reading

• “σκιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σκιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σκιάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ski.ǎːs/ → /sciˈas/ → /sciˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ski.ǎːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skiˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sciˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sciˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sciˈas/

Noun

σκῐᾱ́ς • (skiā́s)

1. accusative plural of σκιᾱ́ (skiā́)

Greek

Noun

σκιάς • (skiás) f

1. genitive singular of σκιά (skiá)