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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Full diacritics: σκᾰφεῖον Medium diacritics: σκαφεῖον Low diacritics: σκαφείον Capitals: ΣΚΑΦΕΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: skapheîon Transliteration B: skapheion Transliteration C: skafeion Beta Code: skafei=on

English (LSJ)

τό, A spade, hoe, mattock, Hyp.Dem.Fr.7, Clearch.65, IG11(2).144 A 84 (Delos, iv B.C.), PPetr.3p.109, al. (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.164.2, al. (iii B.C.), Ph.Bel.90.2, D.S.4.31, IG22.1631.409; cf. σκάφιον (A) IV. 2 prob. basin, ib.12.314.132, 22.1425.353. 3 concave mirror, used as a burning-glass, Plu.Num.9: Lat. scaphium, Mart.Cap.6.597.

German (Pape)

[Seite 890] τό, dim. von σκάφη, kleine Wanne, kleiner Napf, Schöpfgefäß, Plut. Num. 9. S. σκάφιον. τό, Werkzeug zum Graben, Grabscheit, ἐργαλεῖον, ᾡ σκάπτουσιν, ἄμη ἢ ἀξίνη, Phryn. in B. A. 62; Mathem. vett.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
1 bêche, hoyau;
2 objet creusé, écuelle.
Étymologie: σκάφη.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σκᾰφεῖον: τό, ἐργαλεῖον πρὸς σκαφήν, σκαπάνη, «τσάπα», δίκελλα, Διόδ. 4. 31, Κλέαρχ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 648F, ἐπιγραφ. ἐν τῷ Böckh’s Urkunden σ. 106, 540· πρβλ. σκάφιον IV. 2) κοῖλον κάτοπτρον, ἴδε σκάφιον Ι. 3.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σκᾰφεῖον: τό
1 заступ или мотыга Diod.;
2 (v.l. σκάφιον) вогнутое зеркало или зажигательное стекло (ἐξάπτειν τοῖς σκαφείοις Plut.).

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

σκαφεῖον -ου, τό, later σκαφίον [σκάπτω] spade, schop.