σκαφεῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκάφος (skáphos, “digging, hoeing”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκᾰφεῖον • (skăpheîon) n (genitive σκᾰφείου); second declension

  1. spade, hoe, mattock
    Synonym: σκαλίς (skalís)
  2. concave mirror used as burning-glass

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σκᾰφεῖον; τοῦ σκᾰφείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σκᾰφεῖον
tò skăpheîon 		τὼ σκᾰφείω
tṑ skăpheíō 		τᾰ̀ σκᾰφεῖᾰ
tằ skăpheîă
Genitive τοῦ σκᾰφείου
toû skăpheíou 		τοῖν σκᾰφείοιν
toîn skăpheíoin 		τῶν σκᾰφείων
tôn skăpheíōn
Dative τῷ σκᾰφείῳ
tōî skăpheíōi 		τοῖν σκᾰφείοιν
toîn skăpheíoin 		τοῖς σκᾰφείοις
toîs skăpheíois
Accusative τὸ σκᾰφεῖον
tò skăpheîon 		τὼ σκᾰφείω
tṑ skăpheíō 		τᾰ̀ σκᾰφεῖᾰ
tằ skăpheîă
Vocative σκᾰφεῖον
skăpheîon 		σκᾰφείω
skăpheíō 		σκᾰφεῖᾰ
skăpheîă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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