σκάφος

Ancient Greek

From σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig”) +‎ -ος (-os).^[1] Compare, for more, σκῠ́φος (skŭ́phos).

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

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκᾰ́φος tò skắphos	τὼ σκᾰ́φεε tṑ skắphee	τᾰ̀ σκᾰ́φεᾰ tằ skắpheă
Genitive	τοῦ σκᾰ́φεος toû skắpheos	τοῖν σκᾰφέοιν toîn skăphéoin	τῶν σκᾰφέων tôn skăphéōn
Dative	τῷ σκᾰ́φεῐ̈ tôi skắpheĭ̈	τοῖν σκᾰφέοιν toîn skăphéoin	τοῖς σκᾰ́φεσῐ / σκᾰ́φεσῐν toîs skắphesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σκᾰ́φος tò skắphos	τὼ σκᾰ́φεε tṑ skắphee	τᾰ̀ σκᾰ́φεᾰ tằ skắpheă
Vocative	σκᾰ́φος skắphos	σκᾰ́φεε skắphee	σκᾰ́φεᾰ skắpheă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ 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

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

σκάφος • (skáfos) n (plural σκάφη)

craft, ship
Synonym: (large vessel) πλοίο (ploío)

Synonym: (small vessel) βάρκα (várka)

Synonym: (yatch) θαλαμηγός (thalamigós)

Synonym: (aeronautical) αεροσκάφος (aeroskáfos)
hull
Synonyms: κουφάρι (koufári), (learned) κύτος (kýtos), (loosely) σκαρί (skarí)