σκυλεύω
σκῡλ-εύω,
A). strip or despoil a slain enemy, esp. of his arms (taking off the clothes also is condemned by R. 469c ), not in , ; c. acc. pers. et rei, Κύκνον σκυλεύσαντες ἀπ’ ὤμων τεύχεα Sc. 468 ; ς. τοὺς τελευτήσαντας πλὴν ὅπλων strip of anything but arms, l.c.;[ ἀμφίσβαιναν] δέρματος Th. 379 : c. acc. pers. only, ς. τοὺς νεκρούς , 1.82 , 4.44 97 , cf. BCH 51.148 (Salamis ); ς. τὰς πόλεις . 9.10.13