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 • (skăpheús) m (genitive σκᾰφέως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σκᾰφεύς ho skăpheús |
τὼ σκᾰφῆ tṑ skăphê |
οἱ σκᾰφῆς / σκᾰφεῖς hoi skăphês / skăpheîs | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σκᾰφέως toû skăphéōs |
τοῖν σκᾰφέοιν toîn skăphéoin |
τῶν σκᾰφέων tôn skăphéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σκᾰφεῖ tōî skăpheî |
τοῖν σκᾰφέοιν toîn skăphéoin |
τοῖς σκᾰφεῦσῐ / σκᾰφεῦσῐν toîs skăpheûsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σκᾰφέᾱ tòn skăphéā |
τὼ σκᾰφῆ tṑ skăphê |
τοὺς σκᾰφέᾱς toùs skăphéās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σκᾰφεῦ skăpheû |
σκᾰφῆ skăphê |
σκᾰφῆς / σκᾰφεῖς skăphês / skăpheîs | ||||||||||
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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