σκαφεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig, delve”) + -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ska.pʰěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skaˈpʰeʍs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /skaˈɸeɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /skaˈfefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /skaˈfefs/
Noun
σκᾰφεύς • (skapheús) m (genitive σκᾰφέως); third declension
- digger, delver
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ σκᾰφεύς; τοῦ σκᾰφέως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σκᾰφεύς ho skapheús | τὼ σκᾰφῆ tṑ skaphê | οἱ σκᾰφῆς / σκᾰφεῖς hoi skaphês / skapheîs | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σκᾰφέως toû skaphéōs | τοῖν σκᾰφέοιν toîn skaphéoin | τῶν σκᾰφέων tôn skaphéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σκᾰφεῖ tôi skapheî | σκᾰφέοιν skaphéoin | τοῖς σκᾰφεῦσῐ / σκᾰφεῦσῐν toîs skapheûsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σκᾰφέᾱ tòn skaphéā | σκᾰφῆ skaphê | τοὺς σκᾰφέᾱς toùs skaphéās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σκᾰφεῦ skapheû | σκᾰφῆ skaphê | σκᾰφῆς / σκᾰφεῖς skaphês / skapheîs | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- σκαφεύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκαφεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette