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σχένδῡλα

schendula · ἡ

a ship-carpenterʼs and blacksmithʼs tool

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What it meant

σχένδῡλα · schendyla — LSJ

a ship-carpenterʼs and blacksmithʼs tool, a pair of pincers, tongs

a ship-carpenterʼs and blacksmithʼs tool, perhaps a pair of pincers or tongs, ναυπηγοῖς σ. AP 11.203 (κενδυλα cod.): also σχενδύλη, IG 2(2).1672.102, Hsch. s.v. σχενδυλόληπτοι. Hsch. also cites σχενδῡλάω (ibid.); the Dim. σκενδύλιον (q.v.) implies a form σκενδύλη which is not found.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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