σκατένιος

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τίς ἥδε κραυγὴ καὶ δόμων περίστασις; → what means this uproar and thronging about the house, what means the crowd standing round the house?

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Greek Monolingual

-ια, -ιο, Ν
1. αυτός που έχει γίνει από σκατά, που αποτελείται από περιττώματα
2. μτφ. αυτός που δεν έχει καμιά αξία, που είναι ανάξιος λόγου, ελεεινός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σκατό + κατάλ. -ένιος (πρβλ. μαρμαρ-ένιος, σιδερ-ένιος)].