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σκᾰρῑφ-άομαι

skariphaomai

to tear up the surface of a body, scratch, make an outline

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What it meant

1. σκαρϊφάομαι · skariphaomai — Beekes

σκαρϊφάομαι [v.] ‘to tear up the surface of a body, scratch, make an outline’ (H., sch. on Ar. Ra. 1497). 4EUR > *DER oxapip-nopot [m.pl.] ‘scribblings, quibbles’ vel sim. (Ar. Ra. 1497), -ἥματα [n.pl] ‘id’ (sch. Ar. Nu. 630, Phot.), verb -etw with -edpata ‘id’ (sch. Suid.), σκάρῖφος (-ov) [m., n.] ‘outline, sketch, slatespencil’ (H., sch., EM), acc. to sch. also = κάρφος, φρύγανον ‘dry stalk or stick’, probably a … — [Beekes, s.v. σκαρϊφάομαι, p. 1395]

2. σκαρϊφάομαι · skariphaomai — Chantraine

σκαρϊφάομαι : «faire une égratignure, tracer légèrement », a pu se dire du trait marqué par le stylet ; glosé par Hsch. ἔύειν, σχάπτειν, γράφειν ; avec préverbe κατασκαριφάω «gratter» en parlant d'un oiseau (Ath.}, διασχαριφάομαι «effacer » (Isoc. 7,12); d'où σχαριφησμοί m. pl. «des grattages, des raclures» (Ar. Gren. 1497, cf. Taillardat, Images d’Aristophane, ὃ 515); aussi -ἥματα n. pl. id. (sch. Ar. Nuées 630, … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκαρϊφάομαι, p. 1032]

3. σκαριφάομαι · skariphaomai — Frisk

σκαριφάομαι. Zur Bed. von oxagıpnouol Taillardat Images $ 515. — [Frisk, s.v. σκαριφάομαι, p. 2305]

4. σκᾰρῑφ-άομαι · skariph-aomai — LSJ

scratch an outline, sketch lightly, do, perfunctorily

scratch an outline, sketch lightly: hence, do anything perfunctorily, Sch. Ar. Ra. 1545, cf. Hsch.; also σκᾰρῑφεύω, Sch. Ar. l.c.

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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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