1. σκαλαθύρω · skalathyrō — Beekes
σκαλαθύρω [v.] Cf. σκαλαθύρων: ἀκολασταίνων, ὁ σκαλεύων ‘licentious, stirring, poking’ (H.). 4GR> *DER σκαλαθυρμάτια [n.pl.] ‘petty quibbles’ (Ar. Nu. 630). *ETYM The verb is used as a euphemism for ‘to copulate’ in Ar. Ec. 611, and is possibly built on a combination of σκάλλω, σκαλεύω ‘to stir, hoe, poke’ and ἀθύρω ‘to play’ (cf. Schwyzer: 645 on the type of compound). See » σκάλλω. 1340 σκαλαπάζει — [Beekes, s.v. σκαλαθύρω, p. 1390]