σκιάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκῐᾰ́ς • (skiás) f (genitive σκῐᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. canopy or arbour, in form like a sunshade
  2. (at Sparta) rotunda in which the assemblies of the people were held
  3. (botany) umbel of plants

Declension
Third declension of ἡ σκῐᾰ́ς; τῆς σκῐᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σκῐᾰ́ς
hē skiás		 τὼ σκῐᾰ́δε
tṑ skiáde		 αἱ σκῐᾰ́δες
hai skiádes
Genitive τῆς σκῐᾰ́δος
tês skiádos		 τοῖν σκῐᾰ́δοιν
toîn skiádoin		 τῶν σκῐᾰ́δων
tôn skiádōn
Dative τῇ σκῐᾰ́δῐ
têi skiádi		 τοῖν σκῐᾰ́δοιν
toîn skiádoin		 ταῖς σκῐᾰ́σῐ / σκῐᾰ́σῐν
taîs skiási(n)
Accusative τὴν σκῐᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn skiáda		 τὼ σκῐᾰ́δε
tṑ skiáde		 τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s skiádas
Vocative σκῐᾰ́ς
skiás		 σκῐᾰ́δε
skiáde		 σκῐᾰ́δες
skiádes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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Greek

Noun

σκιάς • (skiás) f

  1. Genitive singular form of σκιά (skiá).
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