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σχαδών

σχαδών, a honey-cell

σχᾰδών or σχάδων (as in Arist.), όνος, ἡ,
  • larva of the bee or wasp, Arist. HA 554a29, 555a8, 624a8.
    • II breeding-cell of the larva, Theaet. ap. Sch. Theoc. 1.147.
    • III honey-cell, and in pl. honeycomb, Ar. Fr. 318.6, 569.3, Antiph. 275, Anaxandr. 41.53, Theoc. l.c., PCair.Zen. 354.8 (iii B.C.); so also in sg., σχαδόνα δεῖ πάντως φαγεῖν Euthycl. 1.
    • IV a throw of the dice, Hsch.

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