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σκαπάνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκαπάνη

Structure: σκαπαν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ska/ptw

Sense

  1. a digging tool, mattock
  2. the act of digging

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰσ τοὺσ αὐτούσ τὴν σκαπάνην ἐπ’ ἄρουραν, ἐμῷ δ’ ἐπὶ σήματι βάλλειν δάκρυα, μὴ παλάμασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 2261)
  • εἰσ τοὺσ αὐτούσ τὴν σκαπάνην ἐπ’ ἄρουραν ἐμοῦ δ’ ἀποχάζεο τύμβου, χάζεο· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 2271)

Synonyms

  1. the act of digging

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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