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Σκύθης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Σκύθης Σκύθου

Structure: Σκυθ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Scythia; a Scythian

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Σκύθης Σκύθᾱ Σκύθαι
Genitive Σκύθου Σκύθαιν Σκυθῶν
Dative Σκύθῃ Σκύθαιν Σκύθαις
Accusative Σκύθην Σκύθᾱ Σκύθᾱς
Vocative Σκύθα Σκύθᾱ Σκύθαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καθιζομένη δ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσι γόνασι τοῦ Σκύθου τὼ πόδε πρότεινον, ἵν’ ὑπολύσω. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode19)
  • ἀλλὰ ὁ Μακέντησ καὶ τοῦτο εἴκαστο αὐτοῖσ καὶ ἀποκεκάρκει, τῆσ κόμησ ὁπόσον εἰκὸσ ἦν ἔλαττον κομᾶν τὸν Ἀλανὸν τοῦ Σκύθου· (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 50:8)
  • ἀλλ’ οἱᾶ δὴ εἰσ τὰ ἔργα σοφοῦ ἀνδρὸσ πολλαὶ ἐπίνοιαι καὶ εὐμήχανοι εἰσ τέχνασ ἤ τινασ ἄλλασ πράξεισ λέγονται, ὥσπερ αὖ Θάλεώ τε πέρι τοῦ Μιλησίου καὶ Ἀναχάρσιοσ τοῦ Σκύθου; (Plato, Republic, book 10 123:1)
  • ἀλλ’ οἱᾶ δὴ εἰσ τὰ ἔργα σοφοῦ ἀνδρὸσ πολλαὶ ἐπίνοιαι καὶ εὐμήχανοι εἰσ τέχνασ, ἤ τινεσ ἄλλαι πράξεισ λέγονται, ὥσπερ αὖ Θάλεω πέρι τοῦ Μιλησίου καὶ Ἀναχάρσιοσ τοῦ Σκύθου; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 13:14)
  • Ἀρκεσίλαοσ Σεύθου <[ἢ Σκύθου], ὡσ Ἀπολλόδωροσ ἐν τρίτῳ Χρονικῶν>, Πιτάνησ τῆσ Αἰολίδοσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. s'. ARKESILAOS 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. an inhabitant of Scythia

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