σκιάς

See also: σκιᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

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

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 • (skĭắs) 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 skĭắs	τὼ σκῐᾰ́δε tṑ skĭắde	αἱ σκῐᾰ́δες hai skĭắdes
Genitive	τῆς σκῐᾰ́δος tês skĭắdos	τοῖν σκῐᾰ́δοιν toîn skĭắdoin	τῶν σκῐᾰ́δων tôn skĭắdōn
Dative	τῇ σκῐᾰ́δῐ têi skĭắdĭ	τοῖν σκῐᾰ́δοιν toîn skĭắdoin	ταῖς σκῐᾰ́σῐ / σκῐᾰ́σῐν taîs skĭắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σκῐᾰ́δᾰ tḕn skĭắdă	τὼ σκῐᾰ́δε tṑ skĭắde	τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s skĭắdăs
Vocative	σκῐᾰ́ς skĭắs	σκῐᾰ́δε skĭắde	σκῐᾰ́δες skĭắdes
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 • (skĭā́s)

1. accusative plural of σκιᾱ́ (skiā́)

Greek

Noun

σκιάς • (skiás) f

1. genitive singular of σκιά (skiá)