Scaife ATLAS

σκήπτω to prop, stay one thing against or upon another: Pass. and Mid. to lean upon a staff, Hom.: metaph. to lean upon a person or thing, Dem. c. acc. rei, to put forward by way of support, allege in excuse, Eur.:—in Mid. to allege on oneʼs own behalf, Hdt., Thuc.; c. inf. to pretend to be, Ar., Dem. to hurl, dart, Aesch.; metaph., σκ. ἀλάστορα εἴς τινα Eur. intr. to fall heavily, Aesch., Soph.

ShortDef

to prop, stay

Debugging

Headword:

σκήπτω

Headword (normalized):

σκήπτω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

σκηπτω

IDX:

29721

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29756

Key:

skh/ptw

Data

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