σκαφεῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ska.pʰêː.on/ → /skaˈɸi.on/ → /skaˈfi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ska.pʰêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skaˈpʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skaˈɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skaˈfi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skaˈfi.on/

Noun

σκᾰφεῖον • (skapheîon) 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 skapheîon	τὼ σκᾰφείω tṑ skapheíō	τᾰ̀ σκᾰφεῖᾰ tà skapheîa
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰφείου toû skapheíou	τοῖν σκᾰφείοιν toîn skapheíoin	τῶν σκᾰφείων tôn skapheíōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰφείῳ tôi skapheíōi	τοῖν σκᾰφείοιν toîn skapheíoin	τοῖς σκᾰφείοις toîs skapheíois
Accusative	τὸ σκᾰφεῖον tò skapheîon	τὼ σκᾰφείω tṑ skapheíō	τᾰ̀ σκᾰφεῖᾰ tà skapheîa
Vocative	σκᾰφεῖον skapheîon	σκᾰφείω skapheíō	σκᾰφεῖᾰ skapheîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “σκαφεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκαφεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette