σκαφεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig, delve”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ska.pʰěu̯s/ → /skaˈɸeɸs/ → /skaˈfefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ska.pʰěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skaˈpʰews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skaˈɸeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skaˈfefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skaˈfefs/

Noun

σκᾰφεύς • (skapheús) m (genitive σκᾰφέως); third declension

1. digger, delver

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σκᾰφεύς; τοῦ σκᾰφέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκᾰφεύς ho skapheús	τὼ σκᾰφῆ tṑ skaphê	οἱ σκᾰφῆς / σκᾰφεῖς hoi skaphês / skapheîs
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰφέως toû skaphéōs	τοῖν σκᾰφέοιν toîn skaphéoin	τῶν σκᾰφέων tôn skaphéōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰφεῖ tôi skapheî	τοῖν σκᾰφέοιν toîn skaphéoin	τοῖς σκᾰφεῦσῐ / σκᾰφεῦσῐν toîs skapheûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σκᾰφέᾱ tòn skaphéā	τὼ σκᾰφῆ tṑ skaphê	τοὺς σκᾰφέᾱς toùs skaphéās
Vocative	σκᾰφεῦ skapheû	σκᾰφῆ skaphê	σκᾰφῆς / σκᾰφεῖς skaphês / skapheîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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