σκοτία

See also: Σκωτία and Σκοτία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκότος (skótos, “darkness”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκοτῐ́ᾱ • (skotíā) f (genitive σκοτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. darkness, gloom
  2. (architecture) scotia, cavetto, so called from the dark shadow it casts
    • Vitruvius 3.3

Inflection
First declension of ἡ σκοτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σκοτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σκοτῐ́ᾱ
hē skotíā		 τὼ σκοτῐ́ᾱ
tṑ skotíā		 αἱ σκοτῐ́αι
hai skotíai
Genitive τῆς σκοτῐ́ᾱς
tês skotíās		 τοῖν σκοτῐ́αιν
toîn skotíain		 τῶν σκοτῐῶν
tôn skotiôn
Dative τῇ σκοτῐ́ᾳ
têi skotíāi		 τοῖν σκοτῐ́αιν
toîn skotíain		 ταῖς σκοτῐ́αις
taîs skotíais
Accusative τὴν σκοτῐ́ᾱν
tḕn skotíān		 τὼ σκοτῐ́ᾱ
tṑ skotíā		 τᾱ̀ς σκοτῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s skotíās
Vocative σκοτῐ́ᾱ
skotíā		 σκοτῐ́ᾱ
skotíā		 σκοτῐ́αι
skotíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκοτία (skotía).

Noun

σκοτία • (skotía) f

  1. (architecture) scotia

Declension
declension of σκοτία
singular plural
nominative σκοτία • σκοτίες •
genitive σκοτίας • σκοτιών •
accusative σκοτία • σκοτίες •
vocative σκοτία • σκοτίες •
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