Σκύθης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Scythian *Skuδa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to propel, shoot”).[1] Cognate with English shoot, Old Persian 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 (Skudra).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ský.tʰɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsky.tʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.θis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈscy.θis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsci.θis/
Noun
Σκῠ́θης • (Skúthēs) m (genitive Σκῠ́θου); first declension
- an inhabitant of Scythia; a Scythian
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.2.1:
- Τοὺς δὲ δούλους οἱ Σκύθαι πάντας τυφλοῦσι τοῦ γάλακτος εἵνεκεν τοῦ πίνουσι ποιεῦντες ὧδε.
- Toùs dè doúlous hoi Skúthai pántas tuphloûsi toû gálaktos heíneken toû pínousi poieûntes hôde.
- Now the Scythians blind all their slaves, to use them in preparing their milk.
- Τοὺς δὲ δούλους οἱ Σκύθαι πάντας τυφλοῦσι τοῦ γάλακτος εἵνεκεν τοῦ πίνουσι ποιεῦντες ὧδε.
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Σκῠ́θης; τοῦ Σκῠ́θου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Σκῠ́θης ho Skúthēs | τὼ Σκῠ́θᾱ tṑ Skúthā | οἱ Σκῠ́θαι hoi Skúthai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Σκῠ́θου toû Skúthou | τοῖν Σκῠ́θαιν toîn Skúthain | τῶν Σκῠθῶν tôn Skuthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Σκῠ́θῃ tôi Skúthēi | τοῖν Σκῠ́θαιν toîn Skúthain | τοῖς Σκῠ́θαις toîs Skúthais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Σκῠ́θην tòn Skúthēn | τὼ Σκῠ́θᾱ tṑ Skúthā | τοὺς Σκῠ́θᾱς toùs Skúthās | ||||||||||
Vocative | Σκῠ́θᾰ Skútha | Σκῠ́θᾱ Skúthā | Σκῠ́θαι Skúthai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σκύθαινα f (Skúthaina)
- Σκυθία (Skuthía)
- Σκυθική (Skuthikḗ)
- Σκυθικός (Skuthikós)
- Σκυθιστί (Skuthistí)
Descendants
- Greek: Σκύθης (Skýthis) (plural Σκύθες (Skýthes))
- → Latin: Scytha, Scythēs
- French: Scythe
- → Old Armenian: սկիւթ (skiwtʿ)
- Armenian: սկյութ (skyutʿ)
References
- Szemerényi, Oswald (1980) Four old Iranian ethnic names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka, Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 5-23
Further reading
- “Σκύθης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4658 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, page 1,025