Σκύθαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σκῠ́θης (Skúthēs, “Scythian”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aina).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

Σκῠ́θαινᾰ • (Skúthaina) f (genitive Σκῠθαίνης); first declension

  1. a female inhabitant of Scythia; a female Scythian

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Σκῠ́θαινᾰ; τῆς Σκῠθαίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Σκῠ́θαινᾰ
hē Skúthaina		 τὼ Σκῠθαίνᾱ
tṑ Skuthaínā		 αἱ Σκῠ́θαιναι
hai Skúthainai
Genitive τῆς Σκῠθαίνης
tês Skuthaínēs		 τοῖν Σκῠθαίναιν
toîn Skuthaínain		 τῶν Σκῠθαινῶν
tôn Skuthainôn
Dative τῇ Σκῠθαίνῃ
têi Skuthaínēi		 τοῖν Σκῠθαίναιν
toîn Skuthaínain		 ταῖς Σκῠθαίναις
taîs Skuthaínais
Accusative τὴν Σκῠ́θαινᾰν
tḕn Skúthainan		 τὼ Σκῠθαίνᾱ
tṑ Skuthaínā		 τᾱ̀ς Σκῠθαίνᾱς
tā̀s Skuthaínās
Vocative Σκῠ́θαινᾰ
Skúthaina		 Σκῠθαίνᾱ
Skuthaínā		 Σκῠ́θαιναι
Skúthainai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Σκύθαινα (Skýthaina)
  • Latin: Scythaena

References
  • “Σκύθαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
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