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1 Shelter
subs.P. σκέπη, ἡ (Plat.), σκέπασμα, τό (Plat.).I have a secure shelter in this rock: V. ἐν τῇδε πέτρᾳ στέγνʼ ἔχω σκηνώματα (Eur., Cycl. 324).Want of shelter: P. τὸ ἀστέγαστον.A shelter for the purple fishers: V. πορφυρευτικαὶ στέγαι (Eur., I.T. 263).Shelter from: P. and V. πρόβλημα, τό (gen.), V. ἔρυμα, τό (gen.), ῥύμα, τό (gen.), ἔπαλξις, ἡ (gen.), ἀλκή, ἡ προβολή, ἡ (gen.).met., take shelter behind: P. προβάλλεσθαί, τι, προτείνεσθαί, τι (lit., put something before as an excuse).Under shelter of: see under cover of, under Cover.——————v. trans.P. σκεπάζειν (Xen.), P. and V. στέγειν (Xen.).Shelter oneself behind: see take shelter behind, under Shelter.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Shelter
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