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