σκῆψις
σκῆψις,
εως,
ἡ,(
A). σκήπτω 1.2 )
pretext, plea, excuse,
τοιάδε μέντοι ς. οὐ δόλον φέρει A. Ag. 886 ;
μὴ ς. οὐκ οὖσαν τίθης S. El. 584 : c. gen.,
κατὰ φόνου τινὰ ς. pleading some murder as an
excuse,
Hdt. 1.147 ;
ς. τοῦ μὴ τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν a
plea, excuse for not doing,
D. 1.6 ;
ς. ἡ νόσος .. ἔδοξεν pretence,
Luc. Merc.Cond. 31 ;
σκῆψιν ποιεῖσθαί τι to use as an
excuse,
Hdt. 5.30 ;
πρὸς Ἕλληνάς σφι ς. ἐπεποίητο Id. 7.168 ;
ἔχω ς. εὐπρεπεστάτην Id. 3.72 ;
ἐς ἄνδρα ς. εἶχ’ ὀλωλότα (sc.
τὰ τέκνα)
E. El. 29 ;
ς. προτείνειν, δεικνύναι, ib.
1067 ,
Med. 744 ;
φέρειν PCair.Zen. 110.5 (iii B.C.,
Pl.);
τοῖς νέοις σκῆψιν φέρει E. IT 122 ;
σκήψεις καὶ προφάσεις ἐρεῖ D. 19.100 ; opp.
ς. ἐσδέχεσθαι,
Ar. Ach. 392 ;
ς. παραδέχεσθαι Hyp. Eux. 7 ;
εὑρίσκειν D. 21.81 ;
διδόναι Arist. Top. 131b11 ;
προβαλέσθαι, πορίσασθαι, etc.,
Plb. 5.56.7 ,
5.2.9 , etc.: acc. as Adv.,
σκῆψιν .. ἐλήλυμεν, ὡς .. Cratin. 235 .
2). plea in a lawcourt, ὅπως ἂν αἱ ς. εἰσαχθῶσι IG 22.1629.205 .
ShortDef
a pretext, plea, excuse, pretence
Scepsis
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
σκῆψις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σκηψις
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-94808
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σκῆψις</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">σκήπτω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1.2/canonical-url/"> 1.2 </a> ) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pretext, plea, excuse</span>, <span class="quote greek">τοιάδε μέντοι ς. οὐ δόλον φέρει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:886" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:886/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 886 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μὴ ς. οὐκ οὖσαν τίθης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:584" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:584/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 584 </a> : c. gen., <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ φόνου τινὰ ς</span>. pleading some murder as an <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">excuse</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:147" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.147/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.147 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ς. τοῦ μὴ τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plea, excuse</span> for not doing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 1.6 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ς. ἡ νόσος .. ἔδοξεν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pretence</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg033:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg033:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Merc.Cond.</span> 31 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σκῆψιν ποιεῖσθαί τι</span> to use as an <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">excuse</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.30 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς Ἕλληνάς σφι ς. ἐπεποίητο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:168" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.168/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.168 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔχω ς. εὐπρεπεστάτην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.72 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς ἄνδρα ς. εἶχ’ ὀλωλότα</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τὰ τέκνα</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 29 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ς. προτείνειν, δεικνύναι</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1067" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1067/canonical-url/"> 1067 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:744" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:744/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 744 </a>; <span class="quote greek">φέρειν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 110.5 </span> (iii B.C., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">τοῖς νέοις σκῆψιν φέρει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 122 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σκήψεις καὶ προφάσεις ἐρεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.100 </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ς. ἐσδέχεσθαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:392" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:392/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 392 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. παραδέχεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hyp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eux.</span> 7 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὑρίσκειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.81 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">διδόναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:131b:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:131b.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 131b11 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">προβαλέσθαι, πορίσασθαι</span>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:56:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:56:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 5.56.7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:2:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:2:9/canonical-url/"> 5.2.9 </a>, etc.: acc. as Adv., <span class="quote greek">σκῆψιν .. ἐλήλυμεν, ὡς .. </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:235" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:235/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 235 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plea</span> in a lawcourt, <span class="quote greek">ὅπως ἂν αἱ ς. εἰσαχθῶσι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1629.205 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">σκῆψις</span> or <span class="foreign greek">σκέψις,</span>,= <span class="foreign greek">ἀπόσκηψις</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:3:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:3:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 6.3.23 </a>, cf. Gal.ad loc.(<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:17(2).110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:17(2).110/canonical-url/"> 17(2).110 </a>) and <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:19:138" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:19.138/canonical-url/"> 19.138 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}