σκεῦος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[vessel]] or [[implement]] of any kind, in sg., Ar.''Th.''402, Th.4.128; in dual, [[σκεύη]] δύο χρησίμω Ar.''Eq.''983, cf. Pl.''R.''596b; and in plural, <b class="b3">κλῖναι καὶ . . τἆλλα σκεύη</b> ib.373a, al.:—but the pl. is freq. used in a collective sense, [[σκεύη]] = all that belongs to a [[complete]] [[outfit]], [[house gear]], [[utensil]]s, [[chattel]]s, opp. [[live-stock]] and [[fixture]]s, Ar.''Pax'' 1318, Lys.19.31, etc.; [[σκεύη γεωργικά]] = [[farming implements]], Ar.''Pax''552; [[ἱερὰ σκεύη]] = [[sacred vessels]] and [[implement]]s, Th.2.13, cf. ''IG''12.313.20; a [[druggist]]'s [[store]]s, Thphr.''HP''9.17.3; [[σκεύη τὰ ἐπιτράπεζα]] = [[table furniture]], Id.''Lap.''42; [[military accoutrements]], [[equipment]], [[τὰ περὶ τὸ σῶμα σκεύη]] = [[personal accoutrements]] Th.6.31; [[τὰ τῶν ἵππων σκεύη]] = [[the trappings of the horses]] X.''Cyr.''4.5.55; [[baggage of an army]], and, generally, [[baggage]], [[luggage]], Ar.''Ra.''12, 15, X.''Mem.''3.13.6; [[ὄνοι αὐτοῖς σκεύεσι]] = [[packs and all]], Id.''HG''5.4.17; [[tackle]], [[gear]] of [[ship]]s, [[naval stores]], etc., ''IG''12.74.14, 22.1611.10, Pl.''Criti.''117d, ''La.''183e, X.''Oec.''8.11, Arist. ''Ath.''46.1; σκεύη [[τριηρικός|τριηρικά]] D.47.19; τὰ [[σκέα]] ([[σκεύη]]) τοῦ πλοίου ''PSI''4.437.2 (iii B.C.) (so, collectively, in sg., ''Act.Ap.''27.17): various kinds of [[σκεύη]] catalogued by [[Pollux]] (10).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[inanimate]] [[object]], [[thing]], opp. [[ζῷον]], [[σῶμα]], Pl.''R.''601d, ''Grg.''506d; opp. [[ὄργανον]], Democr. 159; [[Protagoras]] gave the name of [[σκεύη]] to neut. nouns, ἄρρενα καὶ θήλεα καὶ σκεύη Arist.''Rh.''1407b8; [[ὑπηρετικὸν σκεῦος]] a [[subordinate]] [[person]], a mere [[tool]] or [[chattel]], Plb.13.5.7; σκεῦος [[ἀγχίνους|ἀγχίνουν]] καὶ [[πολυχρόνιος|πολυχρόνιον]] Id.15.25.1: in [[NT]], in good sense, [[σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς]] a [[chosen]] [[instrument]], of [[Paul]], ''Act.Ap.''9.15.<br><span class="bld">II</span> τὸ σκεῦος = the [[body]], as the [[vessel]] of the [[soul]], a metaph. clearly expressed in ''2 Ep.Cor.''4.7, [[ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν]] = we have this [[treasure]] in [[clay]] [[jar]]s, cf. ''1 Ep.Thess.''4.4, ''1 Ep.Pet.'' 3.7.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[αἰδοῖον]] ([[penis]]), ''APl.''4.243 (Antist.), Ael.''NA''17.11.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[sarcophagus]], Jahresh.26 ''Beibl.''13 (Ephesus, ii A.D.).