Σκύθης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Scythian *Skuδat, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to propel, shoot”), whence English shoot.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

Σκῠ́θης • (Skúthēs) m (genitive Σκῠ́θου); first declension

  1. an inhabitant of Scythia; a Scythian
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.2.1
      Τοὺς δὲ δούλους οἱ Σκύθαι πάντας τυφλοῦσι τοῦ γάλακτος εἵνεκεν τοῦ πίνουσι ποιεῦντες ὧδε.
      Toùs dè doúlous hoi Skúthai pántas tuphloûsi toû gálaktos heíneken toû pínousi poieûntes hôde.
      Now the Scythians blind all their slaves, to use them in preparing their milk.

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Σκῠ́θης; τοῦ Σκῠ́θου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Σκῠ́θης
ho Skúthēs		 τὼ Σκῠ́θᾱ
tṑ Skúthā		 οἱ Σκῠ́θαι
hoi Skúthai
Genitive τοῦ Σκῠ́θου
toû Skúthou		 τοῖν Σκῠ́θαιν
toîn Skúthain		 τῶν Σκῠθῶν
tôn Skuthôn
Dative τῷ Σκῠ́θῃ
tôi Skúthēi		 τοῖν Σκῠ́θαιν
toîn Skúthain		 τοῖς Σκῠ́θαις
toîs Skúthais
Accusative τὸν Σκῠ́θην
tòn Skúthēn		 τὼ Σκῠ́θᾱ
tṑ Skúthā		 τοὺς Σκῠ́θᾱς
toùs Skúthās
Vocative Σκῠ́θᾰ
Skútha		 Σκῠ́θᾱ
Skúthā		 Σκῠ́θαι
Skúthai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: Σκύθης (Skýthis) (plural Σκύθες (Skýthes))
  • Latin: Scythes (plural Scythae)
  • Old Armenian: սկիւթ (skiwtʿ)

References
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