σκάφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκάπτω (skáptō, to dig) + -ος (-os).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκᾰ́φος • (skáphos) n (genitive σκᾰ́φεος); third declension

  1. (nautical) hull of a ship
  2. (in general) ship itself
  3. (anatomy) hollow of the external ear

Inflection

Derived terms

  • σκᾰφόπλωρος (skaphóplōros)
  • σκᾰφοπᾰ́κτων (skaphopáktōn)
  • σκᾰ́φῐον (skáphion)
  • σκᾰφῐ́ς (skaphís)

Descendants

  • Greek: σκάφος (skáfos)
  • Italian: scafo

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκάπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1342

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκάφος (skáphos, boat, vessel).

Noun

σκάφος • (skáfos) n (plural σκάφη)

  1. craft, ship
    Synonym: (large vessel) πλοίο (ploío)
    Synonym: (small vessel) βάρκα (várka)
    Synonym: (yatch) θαλαμηγός (thalamigós)
    Synonym: (aeronautical) αεροσκάφος (aeroskáfos)
  2. hull
    Synonyms: κουφάρι (koufári), (learned) κύτος (kýtos), (loosely) σκαρί (skarí)

Declension

Derived terms

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