σκοπιά

See also: Σκόπια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκοπιή (skopiḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

From σκοπός (skopós, “lookout, watcher”) +‎ -ιᾱ́ (-iā́).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sko.pi.ǎː/ → /sko.piˈa/ → /sko.piˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sko.pi.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sko.piˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sko.piˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sko.piˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sko.piˈa/

Noun

σκοπῐᾱ́ • (skopiā́) f (genitive σκοπῐᾶς); first declension

1. lookout place

   Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)

2. mountain peak

   Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)

3. height or highest point of anything
4. watchtower

   Synonym: σκόπελος (skópelos)

5. lookout (session of watching), watch (act of guarding)

Declension

First declension of ἡ σκοπῐᾱ́; τῆς σκοπῐᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκοπῐᾱ́ hē skopiā́	τὼ σκοπῐᾱ́ tṑ skopiā́	αἱ σκοπῐαί hai skopiaí
Genitive	τῆς σκοπῐᾶς tês skopiâs	τοῖν σκοπῐαῖν toîn skopiaîn	τῶν σκοπῐῶν tôn skopiôn
Dative	τῇ σκοπῐᾷ têi skopiâi	τοῖν σκοπῐαῖν toîn skopiaîn	ταῖς σκοπῐαῖς taîs skopiaîs
Accusative	τὴν σκοπῐᾱ́ν tḕn skopiā́n	τὼ σκοπῐᾱ́ tṑ skopiā́	τᾱ̀ς σκοπῐᾱ́ς tā̀s skopiā́s
Vocative	σκοπῐᾱ́ skopiā́	σκοπῐᾱ́ skopiā́	σκοπῐαί skopiaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀλαοσκοπιή (alaoskopiḗ)

Further reading

• “σκοπιά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• σκοπιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σκοπιή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “σκοπιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σκοπιά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • outlook idem, page 582.
  • watch-tower idem, page 966.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκοπιᾱ́ (skopiā́), from σκοπός (skopós, “lookout, watcher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skoˈpça/
• Hyphenation: σκο‧πιά

Noun

σκοπιά • (skopiá) f (plural σκοπιές)

1. watchtower, sentry
2. viewpoint

Declension

declension of σκοπιά

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	σκοπιά •	σκοπιές •
genitive	σκοπιάς •	σκοπιών •
accusative	σκοπιά •	σκοπιές •
vocative	σκοπιά •	σκοπιές •

Related terms

• see: σκοπός m (skopós, “observer, watcher, aim, goal”)