forked stick used as a prop
forked stick used as a prop for nets, etc., X. Cyn. 2.8 (σταλ- codd.), 6.7, Poll. 5.19, 31 sq.; θέντες ἀμίστυλλον ταῦρον ἐπὶ σχαλίδων cj. in Call. Aet. Fr. 7.35 P. [Fr. 23.15 Pf.]; cf. στάλιξ.
The corpus record
σχᾰλίς
schalis · ἡ
forked stick used as a prop
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Where it lives
- On Hunting 4 · 4.39/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- σχαλίδες · schalides Xenophon, On Hunting 2.7 (DIORISIS sentence 53)
- σχαλίδων · schalidōn Xenophon, On Hunting 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 58)
- σχαλίδας · schalidas Xenophon, On Hunting 6.7 (DIORISIS sentence 246)
- σχαλίδας · schalidas Xenophon, On Hunting 6.9 (DIORISIS sentence 252)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.