σκιαστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκιάζω (skiázō, “to overshadow”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, “-er”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ski.as.tɛ̌ːs/ → /sci.asˈtis/ → /sci.asˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ski.as.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ski.asˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sci.asˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sci.asˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sci.asˈtis/

Noun

σκῐᾰστής • (skiastḗs) m (genitive σκῐᾰστοῦ); first declension

1. (Laconian, epithet of Apollo) Skiastes; he who casts (a) shadow
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Lycophron, Alexandra 561–563:

     ὧν ἀλκὴν ἑνὸς / οὐδʼ ὁ Σκιαστὴς Ὀρχιεὺς Τιλφούσιος / ἐμέμψατʼ [...]

     hôn alkḕn henòs / oudʼ ho Skiastḕs Orkhieùs Tilphoúsios / emémpsatʼ [...]

     the strength of one of whom / not even Skiastes Orchieus of Tilphousa / scorned [...]

   • Scholia in Lycophron's Alexandra 562:

     Σκιαστὴς καὶ Ὀρχιεὺς ὁ Ἀπόλλων / παρὰ Λάκωσι, / Τελφούσιος δὲ / παρὰ Βοιωτοῖς.

     Skiastḕs kaì Orkhieùs ho Apóllōn / parà Lákōsi, / Telphoúsios dè / parà Boiōtoîs.

     Skiastes and Orchieus [are the names of] Apollo / among the Laconians, / and Telphousius [is his name] / among the Boeotians.

2. a servant who carries an umbrella
   • c. 381 CE – 390 CE, Gregory of Nazianzus, Carmina Moralia 8.146:

     Γεῦσται, σκιασταὶ, νευμάτων ἐπίσκοποι

     Geûstai, skiastaì, neumátōn epískopoi

     Tasters, servants carrying umbrellas, observers of nods

Declension

First declension of ὁ σκῐᾰστής; τοῦ σκῐᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκῐᾰστής ho skiastḗs	τὼ σκῐᾰστᾱ́ tṑ skiastā́	οἱ σκῐᾰσταί hoi skiastaí
Genitive	τοῦ σκῐᾰστοῦ toû skiastoû	τοῖν σκῐᾰσταῖν toîn skiastaîn	τῶν σκῐᾰστῶν tôn skiastôn
Dative	τῷ σκῐᾰστῇ tôi skiastêi	τοῖν σκῐᾰσταῖν toîn skiastaîn	τοῖς σκῐᾰσταῖς toîs skiastaîs
Accusative	τὸν σκῐᾰστήν tòn skiastḗn	τὼ σκῐᾰστᾱ́ tṑ skiastā́	τοὺς σκῐᾰστᾱ́ς toùs skiastā́s
Vocative	σκῐᾰστᾰ́ skiastá	σκῐᾰστᾱ́ skiastā́	σκῐᾰσταί skiastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “σκιαστής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “σκιαστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκιαστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette