σκεῦος: Difference between revisions

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