σκαιός
σκαι-ός,
ά,
όν,
A). left, on the left hand, poet. for
ἀριστερός (used by Prose writers in metaph. sense, and once by
Pl. in literal sense,
Phdr. 266a ; also in Dor. Prose,
ἐν σκαιάν,=
ἐς ἀριστεράν,
SIG 636.22 (Delph., ii B.C.;
σκαγαν lapis));
τὸ ς. ὄμμα παραβαλών A. Fr. 308 (cf.
Ath. 7.303c ); in
Hom. always in dat.
σκαιῇ (sc.
χειρί),
with the left hand,
Il. 1.501 , al.;
χειρὶ ς.
Hes. Th. 179 :—hence,
II). western, westward (for the Greek diviner always turned his face northward, and so had the West on his left): hence
Σκαιαὶ πύλαι the
West-gate of Troy,
Il. 3.145 , al., cf.
Hsch. (otherwise expld. by Sch. ad loc.);
ς. ῥίον either,
on the left, or
west headland,
Od. 3.295 ;
ς. λιμήν Orac. ap.
D.S. 8.21 ;
πόρος D.P. 161 ,
481 ,
541 .
2). unlucky, ill-omened, mischievous (cf.
δεξιός 11 ),
ἡ φιλοτιμίη κτῆμα ς.
Hdt. 3.53 ;
σεσιγαμένον οὐ σκαιότερον χρῆμ’ ἕκαστον a thing is none
the worse for remaining unsaid,
Pi. O. 9.104 ;
ς. ἐκλύσων στόμα about to speak
mischief,
S. Aj. 1225 .
III). metaph. of persons,
lefthanded, awkward, clumsy, stupid,
-ότατος καὶ ἀδικώτατος Hdt. 1.129 ;
ς. ἰητροί Hp. Art. 42 ;
σκαιοῖσι πολλοῖς εἷς σοφὸς διόλλυται S. Fr. 921 , cf.
771 ;
ὅπου δ’ Ἀπόλλων ς. ᾖ, τίνες σοφοί;
E. El. 972 , cf.
Heracl. 258 ,
HF 283 ;
ὦ σκαιὲ κἀπαίδευτε Ar. V. 1183 , cf.
1266 ;
ἐπιλης μότατον καὶ -ότατον γερόντιον Id. Nu. 790 ;
οὕτω ς. ὥστε μαθεῖν οὐ δύνασθαι Lys. 10.15 , cf.
Pl. Euthd. 295d ;
ς. καὶ βάρβαρος τὸν τρόπον D. 26.17 ;
ς. καὶ ἀναίσθητος Id. 18.120 ;
ς. ἢ ἀνήκοος Id. 19.312 . Adv.,
σκαιῶς λέγειν Ar. Ec. 644 , cf.
Pl. 60 : Comp.,
Phld. Acad.Ind. p.7 M.
2). of words, thoughts, or actions,
-ότατον ἔπος Ar. Av. 174 , cf.
Arist. Rh.Al. 1430b7 ;
ς. καινουργία OGI 569.18 (Arycanda, iv A.D.).—In these senses
σκαιός is opp. to
δεξιός (q.v.).
IV). aslant, crooked, of serpents,
Nic. Th. 266 ; cf.
σκοιός. (Prob.
σκαιvός, cf. Lat.
scaevus.)
ShortDef
left, on the left side
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σκαιός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σκαιος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σκαι-ός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ά</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">left, on the left hand</span>, poet. for <span class="foreign greek">ἀριστερός</span> (used by Prose writers in metaph. sense, and once by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> </span> in literal sense, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:266a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:266a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 266a </a>; also in Dor. Prose, <span class="foreign greek">ἐν σκαιάν</span>,= <span class="foreign greek">ἐς ἀριστεράν</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 636.22 </span> (Delph., ii B.C.; <span class="itype greek">σκαγαν</span> lapis)); <span class="quote greek">τὸ ς. ὄμμα παραβαλών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:308" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:308/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 308 </a> (cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:303c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.303c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 7.303c </a>); in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> always in dat. <span class="foreign greek">σκαιῇ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">χειρί</span>), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with the left hand</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:501" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.501/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.501 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">χειρὶ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:179/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 179 </a>:—hence, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">western, westward</span> (for the Greek diviner always turned his face northward, and so had the West on his left): hence <span class="foreign greek">Σκαιαὶ πύλαι</span> the <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">West</span>-gate of Troy, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.145/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.145 </a>, al., cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> (otherwise expld. by Sch. ad loc.); <span class="foreign greek">ς. ῥίον</span> either, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">on the left</span>, or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">west</span> headland, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.295/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.295 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ς. λιμήν</span> Orac. ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:8:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:8.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 8.21 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πόρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:161" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:161/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.P.</span> 161 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:481" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:481/canonical-url/"> 481 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:541" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:541/canonical-url/"> 541 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unlucky, ill-omened, mischievous</span> (cf. <span class="quote greek">δεξιός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> ), <span class="foreign greek">ἡ φιλοτιμίη κτῆμα ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.53 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σεσιγαμένον οὐ σκαιότερον χρῆμ’ ἕκαστον</span> a thing is none <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the worse</span> for remaining unsaid, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 9.104 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ς. ἐκλύσων στόμα</span> about to speak <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mischief</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1225" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1225/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1225 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> metaph. of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lefthanded, awkward, clumsy, stupid</span>, <span class="quote greek">-ότατος καὶ ἀδικώτατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:129" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.129/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.129 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. ἰητροί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 42 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σκαιοῖσι πολλοῖς εἷς σοφὸς διόλλυται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:921" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:921/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 921 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:771" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:771/canonical-url/"> 771 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὅπου δ’ Ἀπόλλων ς. ᾖ, τίνες σοφοί</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:972" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:972/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 972 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:258" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:258/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 258 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:283" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:283/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 283 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὦ σκαιὲ κἀπαίδευτε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1183 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1266" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1266/canonical-url/"> 1266 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπιλης μότατον καὶ -ότατον γερόντιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:790" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:790/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 790 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὕτω ς. ὥστε μαθεῖν οὐ δύνασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg010.perseus-grc1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg010.perseus-grc1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 10.15 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:295d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:295d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 295d </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. καὶ βάρβαρος τὸν τρόπον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg026.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg026.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 26.17 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. καὶ ἀναίσθητος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 18.120 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. ἢ ἀνήκοος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:312" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:312/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 19.312 </a> . Adv., <span class="quote greek">σκαιῶς λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:644" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:644/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 644 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:60/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 60 </a>: Comp., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg602:p.7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg602:p.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Acad.Ind.</span> p.7 </a> M. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of words, thoughts, or actions, <span class="quote greek">-ότατον ἔπος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:174" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:174/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 174 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0547.tlg001:1430b:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0547.tlg001:1430b.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.Al.</span> 1430b7 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. καινουργία</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 569.18 </span> (Arycanda, iv A.D.).—In these senses <span class="foreign greek">σκαιός</span> is opp. to <span class="foreign greek">δεξιός</span> (q.v.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">aslant, crooked</span>, of serpents, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:266" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:266/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 266 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">σκοιός</span>. (Prob. <span class="foreign greek">σκαιvός</span>, cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">scaevus.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}