σκέλος
σκέλος,
εος,
τό,
A). leg from the hip downwards, only once in
Hom.,
πρυμνὸν σκέλος the ham or buttock,
Il. 16.314 ;
κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι ς. ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα Hdt. 3.103 , cf.
7.61 ,
88 ;
τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας Pl. Phdr. 254e , cf.
Arist. HA 494a4 ; of dancers,
τὸ ς. ῥίψαντες, αἴρειν,
Ar. Pax 332 ,
Ec. 265 ;
ς. οὐράνιον ἐκλακτίζων Id. V. 1492 , cf.
1526 ;
οὐρανῷ σκέλη προφαίνων, of one thrown head foremost,
S. El. 753 ;
βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφ’ ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους,
Pl. Smp. 190d ;
ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος, ὁ κατὰ τοῖν σκελοῖν he
with the legs, the strider,
Ar. Pax 241 (but expld. by Sch.
ἀπὸ τῶν διὰ δειλίαν ἀποτιλώντων, cf.
Men. Per. 18 ); dual,
τὼ σκέλει Ar. Pax 325 ,al., cf.
Luc. Tim. 26 ,
Anach. 1 ;
σκέλε (i.e. prob.
σκέλει)
δύο IG 22.1388.24 , cf.
1502.5 ; but
σκέλη (pl.)
δύο in Att. Inscrr. from
390 B.C., ib.
1425.15 , cf.
57 , etc.; and so
τὰ ς. Luc. Ind. 9 : sg.,
leg of sacrificial victim,
IG 12.190.32 , al.,
42(1).40.10 (Epid., v B.C.).
2). as a military phrase,
ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, retreat with the face towards the enemy, retire leisurely,
E. Ph. 1400 ,
Ar. Av. 383 ; cf.
πούς 1.6b .
3). κατὰ σκέλος βαδίζειν, of the lion and the camel,
with the hind foot following the fore on the same side (not crosswise),
Arist. HA 498b7 , cf.
629b14 .
4). παρὰ σκέλος ἀπαντᾷ it meets one
across, i.e. crosses one's path, thwarts one,
Arr. Epict. 2.12.2 ( v.l.
π. μέλος ).
b). side-wall of a temple, SIG 247 K 1 iii 3 , 11 (Delph., iv B.C.); of other structures, PPetr. 3p.88 (iii B.C.), etc.
3). tails of a surgical bandage,
Heliod. ap.
Orib. 48.20.5 ; of the
ends of the Persian head-dress,
Plu. 2.820d .
4). members of a sentence, Sch.rec.
A. Th. 94 . (Written
σχέλος IG 11(2).161 B 61 (Delos, iii B.C.).)
ShortDef
the leg
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
σκέλος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σκελος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σκέλος</span>, <span class="itype greek">εος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">leg</span> from the hip downwards, only once in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="foreign greek">πρυμνὸν σκέλος</span> the ham or buttock, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:314" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.314/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.314 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι ς. ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.103 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.61/canonical-url/"> 7.61 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:88/canonical-url/"> 88 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:254e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:254e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 254e </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:494a:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:494a.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 494a4 </a>; of dancers, <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ς. ῥίψαντες, αἴρειν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:332" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:332/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 332 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:265" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:265/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 265 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. οὐράνιον ἐκλακτίζων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1492/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1492 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1526" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1526/canonical-url/"> 1526 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐρανῷ σκέλη προφαίνων</span>, of one thrown head foremost, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:753" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:753/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 753 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφ’ ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:190d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:190d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 190d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος, ὁ κατὰ τοῖν σκελοῖν</span> he <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with the legs, the strider</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:241" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:241/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 241 </a> (but expld. by Sch. <span class="foreign greek">ἀπὸ τῶν διὰ δειλίαν ἀποτιλώντων</span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg027:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg027:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Per.</span> 18 </a>); dual, <span class="quote greek">τὼ σκέλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:325" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:325/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 325 </a> ,al., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tim.</span> 26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg034:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg034:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Anach.</span> 1 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σκέλε</span> (i.e. prob. <span class="foreign greek">σκέλει</span>) <span class="quote greek"> δύο</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1388.24 </span> , cf. <span class="bibl"> 1502.5 </span>; but <span class="foreign greek">σκέλη</span> (pl.) <span class="foreign greek">δύο</span> in Att. Inscrr. from <span class="bibl"> 390 </span> B.C., ib.<span class="bibl"> 1425.15 </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> 57 </span>, etc.; and so <span class="quote greek">τὰ ς.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg028:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg028:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ind.</span> 9 </a> : sg., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">leg</span> of sacrificial victim, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.190.32 </span>, al.,<span class="bibl"> 42(1).40.10 </span> (Epid., v B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> as a military phrase, <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν</span>, retreat with the face towards the enemy, retire leisurely, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1400" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1400/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1400 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:383" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:383/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 383 </a>; cf. <span class="quote greek">πούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:6b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1.6b/canonical-url/"> 1.6b </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ σκέλος βαδίζειν</span>, of the lion and the camel, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with the hind foot following the fore on the same side</span> (not crosswise), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:498b:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:498b.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 498b7 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:629b:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:629b.14/canonical-url/"> 629b14 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">παρὰ σκέλος ἀπαντᾷ</span> it meets one <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">across</span>, i.e. crosses one\'s path, thwarts one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:2:12:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:2:12:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 2.12.2 </a> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">π. μέλος</span> ). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ς.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">legs</span>, i.e. the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">two long walls</span> connecting Athens with Piraeus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 9.1.15 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg035:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg035:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cim.</span> 13 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ μακρὰ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:13:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:13.107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 13.107 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg032:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg032:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 14 </a>; of the long walls between Megara and Nisaea, <span class="foreign greek">τὰ Μεγαρικὰ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1170" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1170/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 1170 </a>; between Corinth and Lechaeum, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:6:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:6:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 8.6.22 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">side-wall</span> of a temple, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 247 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">K</span> 1 iii 3 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 11 </span> (Delph., iv B.C.); of other structures, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PPetr.</span> 3p.88 </span> (iii B.C.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">side-poles</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">frames of an engine</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49:4:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 49.4.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tails of a surgical bandage</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heliod.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:48:20:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:48:20:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 48.20.5 </a>; of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ends</span> of the Persian head-dress, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.820d </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">members</span> of a sentence, Sch.rec.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 94 </a>. (Written <span class="orth greek">σχέλος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 11(2).161 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">B</span> 61 </span> (Delos, iii B.C.).)</div> </div><br><br>'}