The corpus record

σκᾰλ-εύω

skaleuo

stir, poke

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Where it lives

Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

σκᾰλ-εύω · skal-euō — LSJ

stir, poke, scratch

= σκάλλω, stir, poke, ἄνθρακας Ar. Pax 440; πῦρ μαχαίρᾳ μὴ σ., i.e. donʼt provoke an angry man, Pythag. prov. in Arist. Fr. 197, cf. Plu. Num. 14, Luc. VH 2.28, D.L. 8.17; σ. τὰ ὦτα, τὸ οὖς, Arist. Pr. 960b35, 961a37: abs., of poultry, scratch, Plu. Curios. 2.516d: prov., αἰγὸς τρόπον μάχαιραν ἐσκάλευσά <μοι>, i. e. I have unearthed the weapon for my own destruction, Com.Adesp. 47 D.

In the wild

σκαλεύοντʼ · skaleuontʼ Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 334)
σκαλεύειν · skaleuein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7154)
σκαλεύειν · skaleuein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7155)

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