σκιαγράφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) +‎ -γράφος (-gráphos, “writer, painter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ski.aː.ɡrá.pʰos/ → /sci.aˈɣra.ɸos/ → /sci.aˈɣra.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ski.aː.ɡrá.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ski.aˈɡra.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sci.aˈɣra.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sci.aˈɣra.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sci.aˈɣra.fos/

Noun

σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φος • (skĭāgrắphos) m (genitive σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φου); second declension

1. perspective-painter, scene-painter

   Synonym: σκηνογράφος (skēnográphos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φος; τοῦ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φος ho skĭāgrắphos	τὼ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φω tṑ skĭāgrắphō	οἱ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοι hoi skĭāgrắphoi
Genitive	τοῦ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φου toû skĭāgrắphou	τοῖν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοιν toîn skĭāgrắphoin	τῶν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φων tôn skĭāgrắphōn
Dative	τῷ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φῳ tôi skĭāgrắphōi	τοῖν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοιν toîn skĭāgrắphoin	τοῖς σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοις toîs skĭāgrắphois
Accusative	τὸν σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φον tòn skĭāgrắphon	τὼ σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φω tṑ skĭāgrắphō	τοὺς σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φους toùs skĭāgrắphous
Vocative	σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φε skĭāgrắphe	σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φω skĭāgrắphō	σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φοι skĭāgrắphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σκῐᾱγρᾰφέω (skĭāgrăphéō)
• σκῐᾱγρᾰ́φημᾰ (skĭāgrắphēmă)
• σκῐᾱγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (skĭāgrăphĭ́ā)
• σκῐᾱγρᾰφῐκός (skĭāgrăphĭkós)

References

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