σκαπτός
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (σκάπτω)
A dug: that may be dug:—Σκαπτὴ Ὕλη a district in Thrace, named after a forest, ἐκ Σκαπτῆς Γλης Hdt.6.46; ἐν τῇ Σ. Γλῃ Plu.Cim.4; ἐν Σ. Γ. Marcellin.Vit. Thuc.25, 47:—the form Σκαπτησύλης (gen. sg.) is found in Thphr.Lap.17; nom. Σκαπτησύλη St.Byz.; Lat. Scaptens[ucaron]la Lucr.6.810:—hence
