σχαδών

English (LSJ)

or σχάδων (as in Arist.), όνος, ἡ,

   A larva of the bee or wasp, Arist.HA554a29, 555a8, 624a8.    II breeding-cell of the larva, Theaet. ap. Sch.Theoc.1.147.    III honey-cell, and in pl. honeycomb, Ar.Fr.318.6, 569.3, Antiph.275, Anaxandr.41.53, Theoc. l.c., PCair.Zen.354.8 (iii B.C.); so also in sg., σχαδόνα δεῖ πάντως φαγεῖν Euthycl.1.    IV a throw of the dice, Hsch.