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Noun (Neu. 2nd Decl.)
Perseus Dictionary Entry (Liddell and Scott [and Jones]'s Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed., 1925-1940)
σκύβαλον
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Is the word σκύβαλον vulgar, i.e., equivalent to s**t
? Peter Leithart (http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/2007/03/12/skubalon/): It is, in fact, most common in the literature of Greek medicine.... Most of the medical instances are quite tedious discussions of the digestive tract. The word is not found in comedy, mime, or other genres where one would expect vulgarity.
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| σκύβαλον, -ου, τό | dung (n.) excrement, manure, offal; "...often used in Greek as a vulgar term for fecal matter. As such it would most likely have had a certain shock value for the readers." (NET translation notes) |
