σκιά
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σκίη (skíē) – Epic, Ionic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ski.ǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skiˈa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sciˈa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sciˈa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sciˈa/
Noun
σκῐᾱ́ • (skiā́) f (genitive σκῐᾶς); first declension
- shadow
- shade (shelter from the sun)
- shade (spirit of someone dead)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σκῐᾱ́; τῆς σκῐᾶς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σκῐᾱ́ hē skiā́ | τὼ σκῐᾱ́ tṑ skiā́ | αἱ σκῐαί hai skiaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σκῐᾶς tês skiâs | τοῖν σκῐαῖν toîn skiaîn | τῶν σκῐῶν tôn skiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σκῐᾷ têi skiâi | τοῖν σκῐαῖν toîn skiaîn | ταῖς σκῐαῖς taîs skiaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σκῐᾱ́ν tḕn skiā́n | τὼ σκῐᾱ́ tṑ skiā́ | τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾱ́ς tā̀s skiā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | σκῐᾱ́ skiā́ | σκῐᾱ́ skiā́ | σκῐαί skiaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἄσκιος (áskios)
- δολιχόσκιος (dolikhóskios)
- εὔσκιος (eúskios)
- σκιαγράφος (skiagráphos)
- σκιάζω (skiázō)
- σκιαμαχία (skiamakhía)
- σκιάς (skiás)
- σκιαυγέω (skiaugéō)
- σκιάω (skiáō)
- σκιόεις (skióeis)
Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: ἥσκιος (hḗskios)
- Greek: ίσκιος (ískios)
- → Greek: σκιά (skiá)
Further reading
- “σκιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G4639 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- apparition idem, page 34.
- appearance idem, page 35.
- form idem, page 338.
- ghost idem, page 358.
- jot idem, page 464.
- phantom idem, page 610.
- shade idem, page 760.
- shadow idem, page 760.
- skeleton idem, page 780.
- spectre idem, page 800.
- spirit idem, page 802.
- umbrage idem, page 905.
- vision idem, page 954.
Greek
Alternative forms
- ίσκιος (ískios)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá); Doublet of ίσκιος (ískios).
Noun
σκιά • (skiá) f (plural σκιές)
- (figurative, literally) shadow, shade
- dark area cast by light source
- θέατρο σκιών ― théatro skión ― shadow theatre
- black area
- Ο ύποπτος χάθηκε μέσα στις σκιές της νύχτας. ― O ýpoptos cháthike mésa stis skiés tis nýchtas. ― The suspect disappeared into the shadows of the night.
- follower, person following another, tail
- shadow effects (in typography, etc)
- σκιά ματιών ― skiá matión ― eye shadow
- faded, weakened person
- σκιά του παλιού του εαυτού ― skiá tou palioú tou eaftoú ― shadow of his former self
- dark area cast by light source
- (Kaliarda) secret gay life, double life
Declension
declension of σκιά
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | σκιά • | σκιές • |
genitive | σκιάς • | σκιών • |
accusative | σκιά • | σκιές • |
vocative | σκιά • | σκιές • |
Related terms
- απόσκιο n (apóskio, “shade”)
- απόσκιος (apóskios, “shady”, adjective)
- σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)
- σκιερός (skierós, “shady”, adjective)