σκότος
See also: Σκότος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *skh₃tos. Cognates include Old Irish scáth, Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella”), and Old English sceadu (English shadow).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skó.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsko.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsko.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsko.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsko.tos/
Noun
σκότος • (skótos) m (genitive σκότου); second declension
σκότος • (skótos) n (genitive σκότους); third declension
- darkness, gloom
- Plato, Definitions 411B
- the darkness of death
- the darkness of the netherworld
- Pindar, Fragments 95
- the darkness of the womb
- blindness
- (figuratively) obscurity
- Pindar, Fragments 171.5
- (of a person) the mystery, ignorance, deceit
- Hipponax, Fragments 112
- Demosthenes 411.25
- Module:Quotations:383: attempt to compare number with nil
- the dark part or shadow in a picture
- Eustathius 953.51
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σκότος ho skótos |
τὼ σκότω tṑ skótō |
οἱ σκότοι hoi skótoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκότου toû skótou |
τοῖν σκότοιν toîn skótoin |
τῶν σκότων tôn skótōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκότῳ tôi skótōi |
τοῖν σκότοιν toîn skótoin |
τοῖς σκότοις toîs skótois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σκότον tòn skóton |
τὼ σκότω tṑ skótō |
τοὺς σκότους toùs skótous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκότε skóte |
σκότω skótō |
σκότοι skótoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σκότος tò skótos |
τὼ σκότει tṑ skótei |
τᾰ̀ σκότη tà skótē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκότους toû skótous |
τοῖν σκοτοῖν toîn skotoîn |
τῶν σκοτῶν tôn skotôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκότει tôi skótei |
τοῖν σκοτοῖν toîn skotoîn |
τοῖς σκότεσῐ / σκότεσῐν toîs skótesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σκότος tò skótos |
τὼ σκότει tṑ skótei |
τᾰ̀ σκότη tà skótē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκότος skótos |
σκότει skótei |
σκότη skótē | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Further reading
- σκότος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκότος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σκότος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4655 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Night idem, page 1018.
- blackness idem, page 81.
- blindness idem, page 83.
- dark idem, page 195.
- darkness idem, page 195.
- dimness idem, page 225.
- dinginess idem, page 225.
- eclipse idem, page 260.
- gloom idem, page 362.
- mist idem, page 535.
- murkiness idem, page 547.
- night idem, page 558.
- obscurity idem, page 566.
- shade idem, page 760.
- sombreness idem, page 793.
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