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σκαπάνη?

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: skapanē

Principal Part: σκαπάνη

Structure: σκαπαν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: σκάπτω

Sense

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

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σκαπάνη σκαπάνα σκαπάναι
Genitive σκαπάνης σκαπάναιν σκαπανῶν
Dative σκαπάνῃ σκαπάναιν σκαπάναις
Accusative σκαπάνην σκαπάνα σκαπάνας
Vocative σκαπάνη σκαπάνα 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

  • σοὶ βίος αἰεὶ μίμνειν καὶ σκαπάνης ἄλγεα καὶ πενίης: (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 6442)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀρότρῳ ἔργα μελισσάων γίνεται ἢ σκαπάνῃ, ἀλλ ἐάρι δροσερῷ: (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2402)
  • 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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