σκήπτω

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.