1. σκάπετος · skapetos — Beekes
σκάπετος [m.] ‘digging’ (Megara). VAR Also κάπετος ‘id. (Il, Hp.). *ETYM Most probably Pre-Greek; see the discussion under » σκάπτω. — [Beekes, s.v. σκάπετος, p. 1393]
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σκάπετ-ος
skapetos
digging
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What it meant
2. σκάπετ-ος · skapet-os — LSJ
trench
trench, SIG 241 A 15 (Delph., iv B.C.), Klio 16.170 (Delph.), IG 4.823.47 (Troezen), Hsch.; σκάπεδος, IG 7.17 (Megara) :—mostly in form κάπετος (q.v.).
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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