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σκηπτός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκηπτός σκηπτοῦ

Structure: σκηπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: skh/ptw

Sense

  1. a thunder-bolt

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σκηπτός σκηπτώ σκηπτοί
Genitive σκηπτοῦ σκηπτοῖν σκηπτῶν
Dative σκηπτῷ σκηπτοῖν σκηπτοῖς
Accusative σκηπτόν σκηπτώ σκηπτούς
Vocative σκηπτέ σκηπτώ σκηπτοί

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

  • οὐ χειμῶνοσ ἡττήθησαν, οὐχ ὅσον τοῦ πολέμου τὸ λοιπὸν ἐνεθυμήθησαν, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἐξαρκοῦν εἰσ τὴν θάλατταν ἰδεῖν, τρέπονται μὲν Λακεδαιμονίουσ, κρατοῦσι δὲ σύμπαντασ Πελοποννησίουσ, τριήρεισ δὲ τὰσ μὲν αἱροῦσι, τὰσ δὲ καταδύουσιν ὁμοῦ τῷ σκηπτῷ καὶ τοῖσ πολεμίοισ μαχόμενοι τοσοῦτον ἐποίησαν τῆσ πολιορκίασ τὸ διάφορον· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 73:2)

Synonyms

  1. a thunder-bolt

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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