σκοπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sko.pɛ̌ː/ → /skoˈpi/ → /skoˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sko.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skoˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skoˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skoˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skoˈpi/

Noun

σκοπή • (skopḗ) f (genitive σκοπῆς); first declension

1. a vantage point, a lookout, a watchtower

Declension

First declension of ἡ σκοπή; τῆς σκοπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκοπή hē skopḗ	τὼ σκοπᾱ́ tṑ skopā́	αἱ σκοπαί hai skopaí
Genitive	τῆς σκοπῆς tês skopês	τοῖν σκοπαῖν toîn skopaîn	τῶν σκοπῶν tôn skopôn
Dative	τῇ σκοπῇ têi skopêi	τοῖν σκοπαῖν toîn skopaîn	ταῖς σκοπαῖς taîs skopaîs
Accusative	τὴν σκοπήν tḕn skopḗn	τὼ σκοπᾱ́ tṑ skopā́	τᾱ̀ς σκοπᾱ́ς tā̀s skopā́s
Vocative	σκοπή skopḗ	σκοπᾱ́ skopā́	σκοπαί skopaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Scopaeus

Further reading

• “σκοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σκοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σκοπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • look-out idem, page 499.
  • outlook idem, page 582.
  • watch-tower idem, page 966.