σκήπτω
σκήπτω,
A. Ag. 310 : fut.
σκήψω (
ἐπι-)
Pl. Tht. 145c (s. v.l.): aor.
I). prop, stay one thing
against or
upon another:— Pass. and Med.,
prop oneself or
lean upon a staff, of an aged beggar,
πτωχῷ .. ἐναλίγκιον ἠδὲ γέροντι, σκηπτόμενον Od. 17.203 ; of a wounded man,
αὐτῷ σκηπτόμενον (sc.
τῷ ἄκοντι)
Il. 14.457 ;
βάκτρῳ A.R. 2.198 : metaph.,
lean or
depend upon a person or thing,
μάρτυρι D. 34.28 ,
47 .
2). c. acc. rei,
put forward by way of support, allege by way of excuse,
τὴν βίαν σκήψασ’ ἔχεις,=
σκήπτεις,
E. Hel. 834 :—in this signf. mo[sdot ]t freq. in Med.,
allege on one's own behalf,
τὸ σκηπτόμενοι οἱ Πέρσαι .. Hdt. 5.102 ;
ς. τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι Id. 7.28 ;
σκήπτεσθαί τι πρός τινας Th. 6.18 ,
Pl. Sph. 217b ;
ς. ἀσθένειαν allege, pretend illness,
Plb. 39.1.11 ; simply
pretend, simulate,
προσποιητὴν χαρὰν σκηψαμένη prob. l. in Ps.
Plu. Fluv. 16.1 : c. inf.,
pretend to be,
ἔμπορος εἶναι σκήψομαι Ar. Ec. 1027 , cf.
Pl. 904 ,
D. 6.13 , etc.;
ς. εἶναι [φυλῆς τινος]
Lys. 23.2 ;
καθ’ ἥντινα πρόφασιν ἐσκήψατο εἰς θήρας ἰέναι Ant.Lib. 41.2 : c. acc. et inf.,
allege or
pretend that ..,
ς. [τινὰ] παίζοντα λέγειν Pl. Tht. 145c , cf.
Is. 6.13 ;
ς. τοῦτο, ὡς .. Aeschin. 3.242 ;
ς. ὅτι .. Pl. Smp. 217d : abs.,
ς. ὑπέρ τινος make a defence for another,
Id. Lg. 864d .
II). let fall or
hurl upon,
βέλος A. Ag. 366 (anap.): metaph.,
ς. ἀλάστορα εἴς τινα E. Med. 1333 :— Med.,
σκήψασθαι κότον τῇ γῇ A. Eu. 801 (s. v.l.):— Pass.,
τῶν τριήρων .. τῶν σκηφθεισῶν κατὰ χειμῶνα which were fallen upon (i.e. caught) in the storm,
IG l.c.
2). intr.,
fall,
πέδοι σκήψασα having fallen on the plain below,
A. Pr. 749 ;
Διὸς ἔριν πέδοι σκήψασαν Id. Th. 429 ; of plague,
ὁ πυρφόρος θεὸς σκήψας ἐλαύνει .. πόλιν S. OT 28 ;
λίμνην ὑπὲρ Γοργῶπιν ἔσκηψεν φάος shot down across., of the beacon-light,
A. Ag. 302 , cf.
308 ,
310 .
ShortDef
to prop, stay
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σκηπτω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σκήπτω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:310" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:310/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 310 </a>: fut. <span class="foreign greek">σκήψω </span>(<span class="etym greek">ἐπι-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:145c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:145c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 145c </a> (s. v.l.): aor. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἔσκηψα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:834" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:834/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 834 </a> : pf. <span class="foreign greek">ἔσκηφα </span>(<span class="etym greek">ἐπ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:117" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.117/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.L.</span> 1.117 </a>:— Med., fut. <span class="quote greek">σκήψομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.28 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1027" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1027/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 1027 </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐσκηψάμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg006.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg006.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 6.13 </a> :— Pass., aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐσκήφθην</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1629.746 </span> ,(<span class="etym greek">ἐπ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:937b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:937b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 937b </a>: pf. <span class="foreign greek">ἔσκημμαι </span>(<span class="etym greek">ἐπ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg003.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg003.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 3.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prop, stay</span> one thing <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">against</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">upon</span> another:— Pass. and Med., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prop oneself</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lean upon a staff</span>, of an aged beggar, <span class="quote greek">πτωχῷ .. ἐναλίγκιον ἠδὲ γέροντι, σκηπτόμενον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:203" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.203/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 17.203 </a> ; of a wounded man, <span class="foreign greek">αὐτῷ σκηπτόμενον</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τῷ ἄκοντι</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:457" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.457/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.457 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βάκτρῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:198" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.198/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.198 </a> : metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lean</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">depend upon</span> a person or thing, <span class="quote greek">μάρτυρι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg034.perseus-grc1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg034.perseus-grc1:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 34.28 </a> , <span class="bibl"> 47 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. acc. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">put forward by way of support, allege by way of excuse</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τὴν βίαν σκήψασ’ ἔχεις</span>,= <span class="foreign greek">σκήπτεις</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:834" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:834/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 834 </a>:—in this signf. mo[sdot ]t freq. in Med., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">allege on one\'s own behalf</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ σκηπτόμενοι οἱ Πέρσαι .. </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:102" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.102/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.102 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.28 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σκήπτεσθαί τι πρός τινας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.18 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:217b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:217b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 217b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ς. ἀσθένειαν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">allege, pretend</span> illness, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:39:1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:39:1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 39.1.11 </a>; simply <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pretend, simulate</span>, <span class="foreign greek">προσποιητὴν χαρὰν σκηψαμένη</span> prob. l. in Ps.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fluv.</span> 16.1 </span>: c. inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pretend to be</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἔμπορος εἶναι σκήψομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1027" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1027/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 1027 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:904" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:904/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 904 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg006.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg006.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 6.13 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ς. εἶναι [φυλῆς τινος</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg023.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg023.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 23.2 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καθ’ ἥντινα πρόφασιν ἐσκήψατο εἰς θήρας ἰέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0651.tlg001:41:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0651.tlg001:41.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ant.Lib.</span> 41.2 </a> : c. acc. et inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">allege</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pretend that ..</span>, <span class="quote greek">ς. [τινὰ] παίζοντα λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:145c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:145c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 145c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg006.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg006.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 6.13 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. τοῦτο, ὡς .. </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:242" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:242/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.242 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. ὅτι .. </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:217d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:217d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 217d </a> : abs., <span class="foreign greek">ς. ὑπέρ τινος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make a defence</span> for another, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:864d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:864d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 864d </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">let fall</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hurl upon</span>, <span class="quote greek">βέλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:366" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:366/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 366 </a> (anap.): metaph., <span class="quote greek">ς. ἀλάστορα εἴς τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1333" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1333/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1333 </a> :— Med., <span class="quote greek">σκήψασθαι κότον τῇ γῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:801" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:801/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 801 </a> (s. v.l.):— Pass., <span class="foreign greek">τῶν τριήρων .. τῶν σκηφθεισῶν κατὰ χειμῶνα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">which were fallen upon</span> (i.e. caught) in the storm, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> intr., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fall</span>, <span class="foreign greek">πέδοι σκήψασα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">having fallen</span> on the plain below, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:749" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:749/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 749 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Διὸς ἔριν πέδοι σκήψασαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:429/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 429 </a> ; of plague, <span class="quote greek">ὁ πυρφόρος θεὸς σκήψας ἐλαύνει .. πόλιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 28 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λίμνην ὑπὲρ Γοργῶπιν ἔσκηψεν φάος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shot down</span> across., of the beacon-light, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:302" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:302/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 302 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:308" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:308/canonical-url/"> 308 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:310" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:310/canonical-url/"> 310 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}