σκάπτω,
[[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 90, etc.] Refs]: future σκάψω [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 778e, (κατα-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 566 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔσκαψα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 12, (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.156, etc.: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἔσκᾰφα (κατ-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.7,35:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future σκᾰφήσομαι (ἀπο-) [[ 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 5.10.3, (κατα-) 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 20.6.1: ] Refs 1st c.AD+]aorist ἐσκάφην [ᾰ] [[ LXX.Isa.5.6, “Geoponica” 12.5.1, (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 22, etc.] LXX+5th c.BC+]: perfect ἔσκαμμαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 413a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—dig, absolutely, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 778e; σ. τἆλλά τε μοχθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 525: proverbial, σ. οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι [prev. author] “Av.” 1432, compare “fragment” 221, NT.Luke.16.3 ] NT+5th c.BC+]:—middle, σ. δικέλλῃ [[ 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 158. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II with accusative,
__II.1 dig, delve, for cultivation, σκάπτων, ἀρῶν γῆν, ποιμνίοις ἐπιστατῶν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 188, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 16.15; τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.31; ὑπόλιθον γῄδιον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 31. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 dig about, cultivate by digging, φυτὰ σ. (as we say to hoe turnips) [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 90, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.20: _metaphorically_, σκάπτει, μοχλεύει θύρετρα] Refs 5th c.BC+] digs about them, digs them up, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 999. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]