"σχαδών" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σχαδών in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /skʰa.dɔ̌ːn/, /sxaˈðon/, /sxaˈðon/, /skʰa.dɔ̌ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /skʰaˈdon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /sxaˈðon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /sxaˈðon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /sxaˈðon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Perhaps from σχάζω (skházō, “to make an incision, let flow”), as is traditionally assumed, but the semantics of this etymology are vague. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=vague}} vague Head templates: {{grc-noun|σχᾰδών|σχᾰδόνος|f|third}} σχᾰδών • (skhădṓn) f (genitive σχᾰδόνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σχᾰδών|σχᾰδόνος|gen=F}} Forms: σχᾰδών [canonical], skhădṓn [romanization], σχᾰδόνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ σχᾰδών [nominative, singular], σχᾰδόνε [dual, nominative], αἱ σχᾰδόνες [nominative, plural], τῆς σχᾰδόνος [genitive, singular], σχᾰδόνοιν [dual, genitive], σχᾰδόνων [genitive, plural], τῇ σχᾰδόνῐ [dative, singular], σχᾰδόνοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς σχᾰδόσῐ [dative, plural], σχᾰδόσῐν [dative, plural], taîs skhădósĭ [dative, plural], taîs skhădósĭn [dative, plural], τὴν σχᾰδόνᾰ [accusative, singular], σχᾰδόνε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς σχᾰδόνᾰς [accusative, plural], σχᾰδών [singular, vocative], σχᾰδόνε [dual, vocative], σχᾰδόνες [plural, vocative], σχάδων [alternative]
  1. larva of the bee or wasp
    Sense id: en-σχαδών-grc-noun-b16DXfqE
  2. breeding-cell of the larva
    Sense id: en-σχαδών-grc-noun-da878OsI
  3. honey-cell
    Sense id: en-σχαδών-grc-noun-O8WbkqUg
  4. (in the plural) honeycomb Tags: in-plural Synonyms: κηρίον
    Sense id: en-σχαδών-grc-noun-3Qz07ZW2 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Baby animals, Insects Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 11 20 11 58 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 11 21 11 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 26 11 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 14 7 73 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 9 9 9 74 Disambiguation of Insects: 9 11 5 75
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