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σκαπτός

skaptos

dug: that may be dug

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What it meant

σκαπτός · skaptos — LSJ

dug: that may be dug

dug: that may be dug:—Σκαπτὴ Ὕλη a district in Thrace, named after a forest, ἐκ Σκαπτῆς Ὕλης Hdt. 6.46; ἐν τῇ Σ. Ὕλῃ Plu. Cim. 4; ἐν Σ. Ὕ. Marcellin. Vit.Thuc. 25, 47:—the form Σκαπτησύλης (gen. sg.) is found in Thphr. Lap. 17; nom. Σκαπτησύλη St.Byz.; Lat. Scaptensǔla Lucr. 6.810:—hence Σκαπτησῡλικός, ή, όν, IG 1(2).301.103,116; Σκαπτησῡλῖται, St.Byz.

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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