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σκοπός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκοπός σκοποῦ

Structure: σκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ske/ptomai

Sense

  1. watcher
  2. lookout, protector, guardian
  3. spy, scout
  4. mark, target
  5. goal, aim

Declension

Second 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

  • καὶ εἶδον οἱ σκοποὶ τοῦ Σαοὺλ ἐν Γαβαὰ Βενιαμὶν καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ παρεμβολὴ τεταραγμένη ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 14:16)
  • ψυχὴ γὰρ ἀνδρὸσ ἀπαγγέλλειν ἐνίοτε εἴωθεν ἢ ἑπτὰ σκοποὶ ἐπὶ μετεώρου καθήμενοι ἐπὶ σκοπῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 37:14)
  • γίγνονται γὰρ δὴ καὶ ἄτρωτοι σκοποί. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 37:2)
  • μάρτυρεσ δέ μοι πύργων πυλωροὶ κἀπὸ τειχέων σκοποί, οἳ πολλάκισ μ’ ἐφηῦρον ἐξ ἐπάλξεων πλεκταῖσιν ἐσ γῆν σῶμα κλέπτουσαν τόδε. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 2:9)
  • ἀπαγγέλλουσι δ̓ οὖν οἱ σκοποὶ ἀμφὶ τὰσ ἑκατὸν ἤδη μυριάδασ τοῦ μαχίμου συνειλέχθαι καὶ τούτων εἴκοσιν ἱπποτοξότασ, καίτοι οὔπω ὁ Ἀρμένιοσ πάρεστιν οὔτε οἱ κατὰ τὴν Κασπίαν θάλατταν οἰκοῦντεσ οὔτε οἱ ἀπὸ Βάκτρων, ἀλλ̓ ἐκ τῶν πλησίον καὶ προαστείων τῆσ ἀρχῆσ· (Lucian, 58:3)

Synonyms

  1. watcher

  2. lookout

  3. spy

  4. mark

  5. goal

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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