σκαιός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[left]], [[on the left hand]], poet. for [[ἀριστερός]] (used by Prose writers in metaph. sense, and once by Pl. in literal sense, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>266a</span>; also in Dor. Prose, <b class="b3">ἐν σκαιάν</b>,= <b class="b3">ἐς ἀριστεράν</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>636.22 (Delph., ii B.C.; σκαγαν lapis)); τὸ σ. ὄμμα παραβαλών <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>308</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.303c</span>); in Hom. always in dat. [[σκαιῇ]] (sc. [[χειρί]]), [[with the left hand]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.501</span>, al.; <b class="b3">χειρὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>179</span>:—hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[western]], [[westward]] (for the Greek diviner always turned his face northward, and so had the West on his left): hence <b class="b3">Σκαιαὶ πύλαι</b> the <span class="title">West</span>-gate of Troy, <span class="bibl">Il.3.145</span>, al., cf. Hsch. (otherwise expld. by Sch. ad loc.); <b class="b3">σ. ῥίον</b> either, [[on the left]], or [[west]] headland, <span class="bibl">Od.3.295</span>; <b class="b3">σ. λιμήν</b> Orac. ap.<span class="bibl">D.S.8.21</span>; πόρος <span class="bibl">D.P.161</span>,<span class="bibl">481</span>,<span class="bibl">541</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">unlucky, ill-omened, mischievous</b> (cf. δεξιός <span class="bibl">11</span>), <b class="b3">ἡ φιλοτιμίη κτῆμα σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.53</span>; <b class="b3">σεσιγαμένον οὐ σκαιότερον χρῆμ' ἕκαστον</b> a thing is none [[the worse]] for remaining unsaid, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.104</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἐκλύσων στόμα</b> about to speak [[mischief]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 1225</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> metaph. of persons, [[lefthanded]], [[awkward]], [[clumsy]], [[stupid]], -ότατος καὶ ἀδικώτατος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.129</span>; σ. ἰητροί <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>42</span>; σκαιοῖσι πολλοῖς εἷς σοφὸς διόλλυται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>921</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">771</span>; <b class="b3">ὅπου δ' Ἀπόλλων σ. ᾖ, τίνες σοφοί</b>; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>972</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Heracl.</span>258</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>283</span>; ὦ σκαιὲ κἀπαίδευτε <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1183</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1266</span>; ἐπιλης μότατον καὶ -ότατον γερόντιον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>790</span>; οὕτω σ. ὥστε μαθεῖν οὐ δύνασθαι <span class="bibl">Lys.10.15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>295d</span>; σ. καὶ βάρβαρος τὸν τρόπον <span class="bibl">D.26.17</span>; σ. καὶ ἀναίσθητος <span class="bibl">Id.18.120</span>; σ. ἢ ἀνήκοος <span class="bibl">Id.19.312</span>. Adv., σκαιῶς λέγειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>644</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>60</span>: Comp., <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Acad.Ind.</span>p.7</span> M. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of words, thoughts, or actions, -ότατον ἔπος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>174</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.Al.</span>1430b7</span>; σ. καινουργία <span class="title">OGI</span>569.18 (Arycanda, iv A.D.).—In these senses [[σκαιός]] is opp. to [[δεξιός]] (q.v.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[aslant]], [[crooked]], of serpents, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>266</span>; cf. [[σκοιός]]. (Prob. [[σκαιϝός]], cf. Lat. [[scaevus]].) </span>