σκοπιά

See also: Σκόπια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From σκοπός (skopós, “lookout, watcher”) +‎ -ιᾱ́ (-iā́).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκοπῐᾱ́ • (skopiā́) f (genitive σκοπῐᾶς); first declension

  1. lookout place
    Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)
  2. mountain peak
    Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)
  3. height or highest point of anything
  4. watchtower
    Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)
  5. lookout (session of watching), watch (act of guarding)

Declension
First declension of ἡ σκοπῐᾱ́; τῆς σκοπῐᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σκοπῐᾱ́
hē skopiā́		 τὼ σκοπῐᾱ́
tṑ skopiā́		 αἱ σκοπῐαί
hai skopiaí
Genitive τῆς σκοπῐᾶς
tês skopiâs		 τοῖν σκοπῐαῖν
toîn skopiaîn		 τῶν σκοπῐῶν
tôn skopiôn
Dative τῇ σκοπῐᾷ
têi skopiâi		 τοῖν σκοπῐαῖν
toîn skopiaîn		 ταῖς σκοπῐαῖς
taîs skopiaîs
Accusative τὴν σκοπῐᾱ́ν
tḕn skopiā́n		 τὼ σκοπῐᾱ́
tṑ skopiā́		 τᾱ̀ς σκοπῐᾱ́ς
tā̀s skopiā́s
Vocative σκοπῐᾱ́
skopiā́		 σκοπῐᾱ́
skopiā́		 σκοπῐαί
skopiaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “σκοπιά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • σκοπιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • σκοπιή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “σκοπιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “σκοπιά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκοπιᾱ́ (skopiā́), from σκοπός (skopós, “lookout, watcher”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skoˈpça/
  • Hyphenation: σκο‧πιά

Noun

σκοπιά • (skopiá) f (plural σκοπιές)

  1. watchtower, sentry
  2. viewpoint

Declension
declension of σκοπιά
case     \     number singular plural
nominative σκοπιά • σκοπιές •
genitive σκοπιάς • σκοπιών •
accusative σκοπιά • σκοπιές •
vocative σκοπιά • σκοπιές •
  • see: σκοπός m (skopós, “observer, watcher, aim, goal”)
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