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κατασκέλλομαι

kataskellomai

become a skeleton, wither away

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k

What it meant

κατασκέλλομαι · kataskellomai — LSJ

become a skeleton, wither away, to be hard, frozen, austere

become a skeleton, wither away, φαρμάκων χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο A. Pr. 481: mostly in pf. Act. κατέσκληκα, Thphr. CP 6.14.11, Luc. Gall. 29, Gal. UP 8.7, etc.; ὑπὸ τῶν πόνων Alciphr. 3.19, cf. Luc. Bis Acc. 34: plpf., λιμῶ κατεσκλήκει Babr. 46.8; to be hard or frozen, Thphr. l.c.: metaph., -εσκληκώς austere, Philostr. VS 1.18.1.

In the wild

κατεσκέλλοντο · kateskellonto Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 478–483

Where it came from

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