Σκύθαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σκῠ́θης (Skúthēs, “Scythian”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aina).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ský.tʰai̯.na/ → /ˈscy.θɛ.na/ → /ˈsci.θe.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ský.tʰai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsky.tʰɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.θɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.θe.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.θe.na/

Noun

Σκῠ́θαινᾰ • (Skúthaina) f (genitive Σκῠθαίνης); first declension

1. a female inhabitant of Scythia; a female Scythian

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σκῠ́θαινᾰ; τῆς Σκῠθαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Σκῠ́θαινᾰ hē Skúthaina	τὼ Σκῠθαίνᾱ tṑ Skuthaínā	αἱ Σκῠ́θαιναι hai Skúthainai
Genitive	τῆς Σκῠθαίνης tês Skuthaínēs	τοῖν Σκῠθαίναιν toîn Skuthaínain	τῶν Σκῠθαινῶν tôn Skuthainôn
Dative	τῇ Σκῠθαίνῃ têi Skuthaínēi	τοῖν Σκῠθαίναιν toîn Skuthaínain	ταῖς Σκῠθαίναις taîs Skuthaínais
Accusative	τὴν Σκῠ́θαινᾰν tḕn Skúthainan	τὼ Σκῠθαίνᾱ tṑ Skuthaínā	τᾱ̀ς Σκῠθαίνᾱς tā̀s Skuthaínās
Vocative	Σκῠ́θαινᾰ Skúthaina	Σκῠθαίνᾱ Skuthaínā	Σκῠ́θαιναι Skúthainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Σκῠθῐ́ᾱ (Skuthíā)
• Σκῠθῐκή (Skuthikḗ)
• Σκῠθῐκός (Skuthikós)
• Σκῠθῐστῐ́ (Skuthistí)

Descendants

• Greek: Σκύθαινα (Skýthaina)
• Latin: Scythaena

References

• “Σκύθαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025