σκῆπτρον

Ancient Greek

σκῆπτρον • (skêptron) n (genitive σκήπτρου); second declension

a staff, stick to lean on, used by lame or aged persons
- Homer, Iliad 18.416
- Homer, Odyssey 13.437
- Homer, Odyssey 14.31
- Homer, Odyssey 17.199
a staff, baton, especially as the badge of command, sceptre
- Homer, Iliad 2.100
1. royalty, kingly power, rule
  - Homer, Iliad 6.159
  - Homer, Iliad 9.38
(in LXX) tribe

Second declension of τὸ σκῆπτρον; τοῦ σκήπτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκῆπτρον tò skêptron	τὼ σκήπτρω tṑ skḗptrō	τᾰ̀ σκῆπτρᾰ tà skêptra
Genitive	τοῦ σκήπτρου toû skḗptrou	τοῖν σκήπτροιν toîn skḗptroin	τῶν σκήπτρων tôn skḗptrōn
Dative	τῷ σκήπτρῳ tôi skḗptrōi	τοῖν σκήπτροιν toîn skḗptroin	τοῖς σκήπτροις toîs skḗptrois
Accusative	τὸ σκῆπτρον tò skêptron	τὼ σκήπτρω tṑ skḗptrō	τᾰ̀ σκῆπτρᾰ tà skêptra
Vocative	σκῆπτρον skêptron	σκήπτρω skḗptrō	σκῆπτρᾰ skêptra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

σκῆπτρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σκῆπτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
σκῆπτρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cane idem, page 110.
- crook idem, page 185.
- mace idem, page 506.
- rule idem, page 725.
- sceptre idem, page 738.
- staff idem, page 808.
- stick idem, page 816.
- throne idem, page 870.
- walking stick idem, page 960.
- wand idem, page 961.

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