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σκιά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκιά̄ σκιᾶς

Structure: σκι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. shadow
  2. shade (shelter from the sun)
  3. shade (spirit of someone dead)

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σκιά̄ σκιᾱ́ σκιαί
Genitive σκιᾶς σκιαῖν σκιῶν
Dative σκιᾷ σκιαῖν σκιαῖς
Accusative σκιᾱ́ν σκιᾱ́ σκιᾱ́ς
Vocative σκιᾱ́ σκιᾱ́ σκιαί

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

  • ἐμοῦ δὲ ταῦτα πρὸσ τοὺσ παρόντασ ἀδολεσχοῦντοσ, ἔδοξε Φλώρῳ καὶ σπουδάσαι τι περὶ τῶν σκιῶν λεγομένων, διαπορήσαντασ εἰ προσήκει τοῖσ καλουμένοισ οὕτω βαδίζειν καὶ συνακολουθεῖν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 7:1)
  • "ἀληθῶσ δὲ τοῦτο συμβαίνει τοῖσ ξένουσ ἀγνώμονασ ἢ φίλουσ δεχομένοισ μετὰ σκιῶν πολλῶν ὥσπερ Ἁρπυιῶν διαφοροῦντασ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ προνομεύοντασ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 16:6)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ περὶ τῶν ἀφ’ ἡλίου σκιῶν ὁ λόγοσ ἐστίν, ὁ δ’ ἥλιοσ πρὸσ αἴσθησιν κατὰ παραλλήλου φέρεται καθ’ οὗ καὶ ὁ κόσμοσ, παρ’ οἷσ καθ’ ἑκάστην κόσμου περιστροφὴν ἡμέρα γίνεται καὶ νύξ, ὅτε μὲν ὑπὲρ γῆσ τοῦ ἡλίου φερομένου ὅτε δ’ ὑπὸ γῆν, παρὰ τούτοισ οἵ τε ἀμφίσκιοι ἐπινοοῦνται καὶ οἱ ἑτερόσκιοι. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 86:5)

Synonyms

  1. shade

  2. shade

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