σκευή

See also: σκεϋή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σκεϋή (skeüḗ)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skeu̯.ɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skeˈwe/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skeˈβi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sceˈvi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sceˈvi/

Noun

σκευή • (skeuḗ) f (genitive σκευῆς); first declension

equipment, attire, apparel, dress, trappings
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.15
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 555
- 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 180
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.130
- 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Crito 53d
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 21.4
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.24
- 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 108
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 577b
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.8
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.94
- 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Collected Works 1.112
- 4th century BC, Eubulus, Collected Works 71
1. fashion, style of dress or equipment
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.62
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.66
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.73
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.6
tackle, as of a net or ship
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 2.80
- 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Library 14.79
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Act.Ap. 27.19
1. Synonym of αἰδοῖον (aidoîon, “privy parts”, “pudenda”)
  - Palatine Anthology 5.241
  - Eratosth.

Declension

First declension of ἡ σκευή; τῆς σκευῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκευή hē skeuḗ	τὼ σκευᾱ́ tṑ skeuā́	αἱ σκευαί hai skeuaí
Genitive	τῆς σκευῆς tês skeuês	τοῖν σκευαῖν toîn skeuaîn	τῶν σκευῶν tôn skeuôn
Dative	τῇ σκευῇ têi skeuêi	τοῖν σκευαῖν toîn skeuaîn	ταῖς σκευαῖς taîs skeuaîs
Accusative	τὴν σκευήν tḕn skeuḗn	τὼ σκευᾱ́ tṑ skeuā́	τᾱ̀ς σκευᾱ́ς tā̀s skeuā́s
Vocative	σκευή skeuḗ	σκευᾱ́ skeuā́	σκευαί skeuaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

?κᾰτᾰσκευή (kataskeuḗ)
πᾰρᾰσκευή (paraskeuḗ)

References

σκευή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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