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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σκαπάνη σκαπάνᾱ σκαπάναι
Genitive σκαπάνης σκαπάναιν σκαπανῶν
Dative σκαπάνῃ σκαπάναιν σκαπάναις
Accusative σκαπάνην σκαπάνᾱ σκαπάνᾱς
Vocative σκαπάνη σκαπάνᾱ σκαπάναι

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

Similar forms

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

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