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σκάπτω

skapto

to dig, dig out, work the earth

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Where it lives

Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Economics 4 · 2.25/10k
Luke 3 · 1.56/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k
Discourses 3 · 0.4/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. σκάπτω · skaptō — Beekes

σκάπτω [v.] ‘to dig, dig out, work the earth’, with xata- ‘to inter, bury’, usually ‘to demolish, raze to the ground, destroy’ (h. Merc. Pi.).

2. σκάπτω · skaptō — Chantraine

σκάπτω : H. Herm. 90, Pi., ete., aor. inf. σκάψαι {ion.-att.), fut. σκάψω, pari. ἔσκαφα, pass. ἔσχκαμμαι {att.), aor. pass. ἐσκάφην (E., LXX), fut. σκαφήσομαι (J., etc.) «creuser», d’où «creuser la terre, fouiller, sarcler », etc., nombreuses formes à préverbes, p. ex. : χατα- qui a pris le sens de «raser, détruire»; en outre, &va- « déterrer, déraciner », ἀπο-, δια- « creuser à travers, ouvrir une brèche », ἐκ-, … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκάπτω, p. 1031]

3. σκάπτω · skaptō — Frisk

σκάπτω (seit h.Merc., Pi.), Aor. oxdyaı (ion. att.), Fut. σκάψω, Perf. ἔσκαφα, Med. ἔσκαμμαι (att.), Aor. Pass. σκαφ-ῆναι (E., hell.), Fut. -7oowaı (J. u. a.), oft m. Präfix, bes. κατα-, "graben, aufgraben, den Boden bearbeiten’, κατα- » "vergraben, begraben’, gew. ‘schleifen, der Erde gleichmachen, zerstören’. — Zahlreiche Ableitungen (zu den Formen mit 9 vgl. unten): 1. σκάφη f. "Wanne, Becken, Trog, Schüssel’, … — [Frisk, s.v. σκάπτω, p. 1690]

4. σκάπτω · skaptō — LSJ

dig

dig, abs., Hp. Art. 12, Pl. Lg. 778e; σ. τἆλλά τε μοχθεῖν Ar. Pl. 525: prov., σ. οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι Id. Av. 1432, cf. Fr. 221, Ev.Luc. 16.3:—Med., σ. δικέλλῃ Ps.-Phoc. 158.

c. acc.,

1 dig, delve

dig, delve, for cultivation, σκάπτων, ἀρῶν γῆν, ποιμνίοις ἐπιστατῶν E. Fr. 188, cf. X. Oec. 16.15; τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας D.S. 4.31; ὑπόλιθον γῄδιον Luc. Tim. 31.

2 dig about, cultivate by digging, to hoe, digs about, digs, up

dig about, cultivate by digging, φυτὰ σ. (as we say to hoe turnips) h.Merc. 90, cf. X. Oec. 20.20: metaph., σκάπτει, μοχλεύει θύρετρα digs about them, digs them up, E. HF 999.

3 dig, too far, further than seemed possible

of the result, σ. τάφρον dig a trench, Th. 4.90; σ. βαθεῖαν (sc. τάφρον) Thphr. CP 3.20.4; θεμελίους Luc. Alex. 10:—Pass., τὰ ἐσκαμμένα,= σκάμμα II.2, hence, metaph., ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσκαμμένα ἅλλεσθαι to leap too far, or further than seemed possible, Pl. Cra. 413a, cf. Luc. Gall. 6, Lib. Ep. 438, Or. 64.69 (v.l. ὑπὲρ τὸ σκάμμα); cf. σκάμμα II, ὑποσκάπτω.

In the wild

σκάπτειν · skaptein Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 1048)
σκάπτειν · skaptein Aristophanes, Plutus 525 (DIORISIS sentence 439)
σκάπτοντα · skaptonta Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..16 (DIORISIS sentence 202)
σκάπτω · skaptō Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.5 (DIORISIS sentence 6639)
σκάπτοντας · skaptontas Epictetus, Discourses 1.16 (DIORISIS sentence 805)
σκάψει · skapsei Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5340)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σκάπτω (scan pp. 1393-1394; entry #5564).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκάπτω (scan p. 1031; entry #7300).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σκάπτω (scan pp. 1690-1692; entry #5176).

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