σχαδών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σχάδων (skhádōn)

Etymology

Perhaps from σχάζω (skházō, “to make an incision, let flow”), as is traditionally assumed, but the semantics of this etymology are vague.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰa.dɔ̌ːn/ → /sxaˈðon/ → /sxaˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰa.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skʰaˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sxaˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sxaˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sxaˈðon/

Noun

σχᾰδών • (skhadṓn) f (genitive σχᾰδόνος); third declension

1. larva of the bee or wasp
2. breeding-cell of the larva
3. honey-cell
4. (in the plural) honeycomb

   Synonym: κηρίον (kēríon)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ σχᾰδών; τῆς σχᾰδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σχᾰδών hē skhadṓn	τὼ σχᾰδόνε tṑ skhadóne	αἱ σχᾰδόνες hai skhadónes
Genitive	τῆς σχᾰδόνος tês skhadónos	τοῖν σχᾰδόνοιν toîn skhadónoin	τῶν σχᾰδόνων tôn skhadónōn
Dative	τῇ σχᾰδόνῐ têi skhadóni	τοῖν σχᾰδόνοιν toîn skhadónoin	ταῖς σχᾰδόσῐ / σχᾰδόσῐν taîs skhadósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σχᾰδόνᾰ tḕn skhadóna	τὼ σχᾰδόνε tṑ skhadóne	τᾱ̀ς σχᾰδόνᾰς tā̀s skhadónas
Vocative	σχᾰδών skhadṓn	σχᾰδόνε skhadóne	σχᾰδόνες skhadónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σχαδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σχαδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σχαδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN