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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

  • πάντα τὰ ὀχυρώματά σου συκαῖ σκοποὺσ ἔχουσαι. ἐὰν σαλευθῶσι, καὶ πεσοῦνται εἰσ στόμα ἔσθοντοσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Nahum 3:12)
  • καθέστακα ἐφ’ ὑμᾶσ σκοπούσ, ἀκούσατε τῆσ φωνῆσ τῆσ σάλπιγγοσ. καὶ εἶπαν. οὐκ ἀκουσόμεθα. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 6:17)
  • ὅταν δὲ βουληθῆτε τοὐμὸν εἰδέναι, τοὺσ εἰσφοιτῶντασ εἰσ Ἀκράγαντα ξένουσ ἐρωτήσατε ὁποῖοσ ἐγὼ περὶ αὐτούσ εἰμι καὶ εἰ φιλανθρώπωσ προσφέρομαι τοῖσ καταίρουσιν, ὅσ γε καὶ σκοποὺσ ἐπὶ τῶν λιμένων ἔχω καὶ πευθῆνασ, τίνεσ ὅθεν καταπεπλεύκασιν, ὡσ κατ’ ἀξίαν τιμῶν ἀποπέμποιμι αὐτούσ. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 10:1)
  • σκοποὺσ ἔπεμψε τούσδε τῶν ἐμῶν κακῶν. (Euripides, episode 4:17)
  • ἀλλ’ ἤ τισ αὐτοῦ τάφον ἐποικτίρασ ξένοσ ἐκείρατ’, ἢ τῆσδε σκοποὺσ λαβὼν χθονὸσ ‐ οἱ δὲ ξένοι ποῦ; (Euripides, episode 2:11)

Synonyms

  1. watcher

  2. lookout

  3. spy

  4. mark

  5. goal

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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