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Σκότος
Σκότος
See also: σκότος
Greek
Noun
Σκότος • (Skótos) m (plural Σκότοι)
- Misspelling of Σκώτος (Skótos).
Declension
declension of Σκότος
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Σκότος | Σκότοι |
| genitive | Σκότου | Σκότων |
| accusative | Σκότο | Σκότους |
| vocative | Σκότε | Σκότοι |
σκότος
σκότος
See also: Σκότος
Ancient Greek
Noun
σκότος • (skótos) m (genitive σκότου); second declension
- darkness, gloom
- Plato, Definitions 411B
- the darkness of death
- the darkness of the netherworld
- Pindar, Fragments 95
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- the darkness of the womb
- blindness
- Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1313
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- (figuratively) obscurity
- Pindar, Fragments 171.5
- (of a person) the mystery, ignorance, deceit
- Hipponax, Fragments 112
- Demosthenes 411.25
- Module:Quotations:218: attempt to compare number with nil
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- the dark part or shadow in a picture
- Eustathius 953.51
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Inflection
Second declension of σκότος, σκότου
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | σκότος | σκότω | σκότοι |
| Genitive | σκότου | σκότοιν | σκότων |
| Dative | σκότῳ | σκότοιν | σκότοις |
| Accusative | σκότον | σκότω | σκότους |
| Vocative | σκότε | σκότω | σκότοι |
Third declension of σκότος, σκότεος (uncontracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σκότος | τὼ σκότεε | τὰ σκότεᾰ |
| Genitive | τοῦ σκότεος | τοῖν σκοτέοιν | τῶν σκοτέων |
| Dative | τῷ σκότεϊ | τοῖν σκοτέοιν | τοῖς σκότεσσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸ σκότος | τὼ σκότεε | τὰ σκότεᾰ |
| Vocative | σκότος | σκότεε | σκότεᾰ |
| Notes: | This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. *σκότεσος), which was dropped early in the history of Ancient Greek. σκότος more commonly uses the second declension. It is neuter when it uses the third. |
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Third declension of σκότος, σκότους (contracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σκότος | τὼ σκότει | τὰ σκότη |
| Genitive | τοῦ σκότους | τοῖν σκοτοῖν | τῶν σκοτῶν |
| Dative | τῷ σκότει | τοῖν σκοτοῖν | τοῖς σκότεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸ σκότος | τὼ σκότει | τὰ σκότη |
| Vocative | σκότος | σκότει | σκότη |
| Notes: | The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm. σκότος more commonly uses the second declension. It is neuter when it uses the third. |
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Antonyms
Descendants
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Night idem, page 1018.
- obscurity idem, page 566.
- shade idem, page 760.
- sombreness idem, page 793.