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σκοπή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκοπή

Structure: σκοπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: = skopia/ I, in pl., Aesch., Xen.

Sense

Declension

First declension

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

  • μέγαν δὲ πανὸν ἐκ νήσου τρίτον Ἀθῷον αἶποσ Ζηνὸσ ἐξεδέξατο, ὑπερτελήσ τε, πόντον ὥστε νωτίσαι, ἰσχὺσ πορευτοῦ λαμπάδοσ πρὸσ ἡδονὴν πεύκη τὸ χρυσοφεγγέσ, ὥσ τισ ἥλιοσ, σέλασ παραγγείλασα Μακίστου σκοπαῖσ· (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 1:4)
  • ὁ δὲ ἀκούσασ ταῦτα ἐκείνουσ μὲν ἐκέλευσε μένοντασ ἐπὶ ταύταισ ταῖσ σκοπαῖσ ὅ τι ἂν ἀεὶ καινὸν ὁρῶσιν ἐξαγγέλλειν· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 3 8:2)

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

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