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σκᾰφ-εύω

skapheuo

lay, in a trough

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What it meant

σκᾰφ-εύω · skaph-euō — LSJ

lay, in a trough

lay a person in a trough with head, arms, and legs hanging out, and expose him in the heat of the sun, until he dies eaten by insects, a Persian mode of torture, Ctes. Fr. 29.30, Plu. Art. 16.

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.

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