σκήψασθαι

σκήπτω

prop: aor inf mid

σκήπτω, A.Ag. 310: [tense] fut. σκήψω ([etym.] ἐπι-) Pl.Tht. 145c (s. v.l.): [tense] aor.

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ἔσκηψα E.Hel. 834

: [tense] pf. ἔσκηφα ([etym.] ἐπ-) D.L.1.117:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.

σκήψομαι Hdt.7.28

, Ar.Ec. 1027: [tense] aor.

ἐσκηψάμην D.6.13

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐσκήφθην IG22.1629.746

, ([etym.] ἐπ-) Pl.Lg. 937b: [tense] pf. ἔσκημμαι ([etym.] ἐπ-) Is. 3.12.

I prop, stay one thing against or upon another:—[voice] Pass. and [voice] 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 [voice] 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

:—[voice] Med.,

σκήψασθαι κότον τῇ γῇ A.Eu. 801

(s. v.l.):— [voice] 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. OT28

; λίμνην ὑπὲρ Γοργῶπιν ἔσκηψεν φάος shot down across., of the beacon-light, A.Ag. 302, cf. 308, 310.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to support oneself, to lean, to pretend something, to use as a pretention', σκήπτω, fut. σκήψω, aor. σκῆψαι, pass. σκηφθῆναι, perf. ἐπ-έσκηφα, pass. ἐπ-έσκημμαι `to throw down, to sling', intr. `to throw oneself down, to fall down', often w. prefix (almost only act.), κατα-, ἐπι-, ἀπο-, ἐν- (IA.); ἐπι-σκήπτω also `to impose, to command', midd. (Att. juridical language) `to object, to prosecute, to raise a complaint'.

Other forms: Fut. σκήψομαι, aor. σκήψασθαι.

Derivatives: σκῆψις f. `excuse, pretention, pretext' (IA.), ἐπίσκηψις f. `objection, complaint' (Att.); ἀπόσκημμα ἀπέρεισμα H. (A. Fr. 18 = 265 M.), ἐπίσκημμα = ἐπίσκηψις ( Lex. Rhet. Cant.). Further several expressions for `stick etc.': 1. σκᾶπος κλάδος, καὶ ἄνεμος ποιός H. (on the last-mentioned des. s. σκηπτός). 2. σκηπ-άνη f. (AB) with - άνιον n. `stick, scepter' (Ν 59, Σ 247, Call. Fr. anon. 48, AP), σκαπάνιον βακτηρία, ἄλλοι σκίπωνα H. 3. σκᾶπτον n. (Dor.) `id.' (Pi.), IA. σκῆπτον in σκηπτ-οῦχος `stick-, scepter-bearer' = `ruler' (Hom. a. o.), with the Persians a. other Asiat. peoples who has a high office at the court (Semon., X a. o.) with - ία f. (A. a. o.). 4. σκῆπτρον n. `id.' (ep. poet. Il.; like βάκτρον a. o., Schwyzer 532 w. lit., Chantraine Form. 331); on the meaning etc. see Combellack ClassJourn. 43, 209ff., Gatti Acme 2: 3, 23 ff. On itself, with deviant meaning 5. σκηπτός m. `thunderbolt, lightning, suddenly breaking storm' (trag., X., D., Arist. a. o.); cf. φρυκτός, στρεπ-τός; s. also below.

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably] Eur. substr.

Etymology: With σκήπτω: σκῆψαι: σκᾶπος cf. e.g. κόπτω: κόψαι: κόπος, τύπτω: τύψαι: τύπος. The yot-present σκήπτω is formally easily understandable as deriv. of a noun σκᾶπος (*σκά̄ψ?) `stick'; so prop. *'handle with the stick, supporting, driving or swinging' (Walde LEW<sup>2</sup> s. scāpus, Persson Beitr. 2, 941, WP. 2, 561)?; semant. possible, though not immediately clear. Then not only σκᾶπος, but also σκηπάνη, - άνιον, σκᾶπτον and σκῆπτρον would have to be registered with the s. σκάπτω discussed manyfold expressions for `plane, hew, dig etc.'; only for σκηπτός (as for σκῆψις, σκῆμμα) one would have to start, because of the meaning, from the denominative σκήπτω (even from the presentstem?). In the sense of ' ἄνεμος ποιός' (H.) σκᾶπος would have been influnced by σκηπτός. A primary σκήπτω with the meaning `support' (from where then σκᾶπος as *'support' etc.) would be without non-Greek support. The Greek system with permanent full grade is in any case an innovation; the for σκᾶπτον, σκῆπτ(ρ)ον epected zero grade may be found in the Germ. word for `shaft, spear, lance', OHG skaft m., OWNo. skapt n. a. o.; cf. anal. πηκτός beside old Ion. πᾰκτόω (s. πήγνυμι). -- With σκᾶπος can be equated Lat. scāpus `shaft, stalk' and Alb. shkop `stick, sceptre'. Other longvowel forms, for Greek uninteresting, are: with ō Lat. scōpa `thin twig', scōpiō `the stalk, from which hang the berries of the wine-grapes'; with ē CS. štapъ `stick'; unclear Latv. šk̨èps `spear, javelin' (cf. Vasmer s. štap; diff. W. Hofmann s. scāpus). Further rich material with partly hypothetical or doubtful combinations and extensive lit. in WP. 2, 561 f., Pok. 932; on Greek esp. Solmsen Wortforsch. 206 ff. -- Not here σκίπων and σκίμπτομαι. -- The word could be IE (* sk(e)h₂p-, but I think also of a loan from a Eur. substrate; cf. the discussion on σκάπτω.

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