σκῆνος

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Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult

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Transliteration A: skē̂nos Transliteration B: skēnos Transliteration C: skinos Beta Code: skh=nos

English (LSJ)

Dor. σκᾶνος, εος, τό,= σκηνή,

   A hut, tent, CIG3071 (Teos).    II the body (as the tabernacle of the soul), Hp.Cord.7, Anat.1, Democr.37,187,223, al., Pl.Ax.366a, Ti.Locr.100a,101c, 101e, 2 Ep.Cor.5.1; σ. [μελίσσης] AP9.404 (Antiphil.).    2 dead body, corpse, IG3.1330, 12(5).591 (Ceos), CIG3123 (Teos), etc.; of an animal, μόσχου, ταύρων, Nic.Al.447, Th.742 (pl.).