σκέπας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Although σκέπω (sképō, “to cover, shelter”) seems primary at first sight, it is attested only late, which may indicate that it should rather be interpreted as a back-formation from the denominative verb σκεπάζω (skepázō) or from σκέπη (sképē). Although the stem looks Indo-European and could be projected back to a pre-form *skep-, no good cognates are known. Only some Balto-Slavic forms like Lithuanian kepùre and Proto-Slavic *čepьcь (“bonnet”) may be connected, although these reflect an s-less stem *kep-.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκέπᾰς • (sképas) n (genitive σκέπᾰος); third declension

  1. covering, shelter
    Synonym: σκέπη (sképē)

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ σκέπᾰς; τοῦ σκέπᾰος (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σκέπᾰς
tò sképas		 τὼ σκέπᾰε
tṑ sképae		 τᾰ̀ σκέπᾰᾰ
tà sképaa
Genitive τοῦ σκέπᾰος
toû sképaos		 τοῖν σκεπᾰ́οιν
toîn skepáoin		 τῶν σκεπᾰ́ων
tôn skepáōn
Dative τῷ σκέπᾰῐ̈
tôi sképaï		 τοῖν σκεπᾰ́οιν
toîn skepáoin		 τοῖς σκέπᾰσῐ / σκέπᾰσῐν
toîs sképasi(n)
Accusative τὸ σκέπᾰς
tò sképas		 τὼ σκέπᾰε
tṑ sképae		 τᾰ̀ σκέπᾰᾰ
tà sképaa
Vocative σκέπᾰς
sképas		 σκέπᾰε
sképae		 σκέπᾰᾰ
sképaa
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • “σκέπας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “σκέπας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “σκέπας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • σκέπας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • σκέπας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκέπας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1347
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