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σκοτίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκοτίᾱ σκοτίας

Structure: σκοτι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: sko/tos

Sense

  1. darkness, gloom
  2. (architecture) scotia, cavetto, so called from the dark shadow it casts

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

  • τίνα φυγὰν πτερόεσσαν ἢ χθονὸσ ὑπὸ σκοτίων μυχῶν πορευθῶ, θανάτου λεύσιμον ἄταν ἀποφεύγουσα, τεθρίππων ὠκιστᾶν χαλᾶν ἐπιβᾶσ’, ἢ πρύμνασ ἐπὶ ναῶν; (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric3)
  • τί μ’, ὦ παρθένε, βακτρεύμασι τυφλοῦ ποδὸσ ἐξάγαγεσ ἐσ φῶσ λεχήρη σκοτίων ἐκ θαλάμων οἰκ‐ τροτάτοισιν δακρύοισιν, πολιὸν αἰθέροσ ἀφανὲσ εἴδωλον ἢ νέκυν ἔνερθεν ἢ πτανὸν ὄνειρον; (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 2:3)
  • πῶσ οὐκ ἂν προλίποι σκοτίων πυλεῶνασ ἐναύλων νεκρὸσ ἅπασ, φεύγων τάρβοσ ἐπεσβολίησ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 70 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. darkness

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