1. σκέλος · skelos — Beekes
thigh, leg
The corpus record
σκέλος
skelos
thigh, leg
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- On the Art of Horsemanship 19 · 27.35/10k
- Peace 6 · 7.53/10k
- On Hunting 6 · 6.59/10k
- Lysistrata 5 · 6.3/10k
- De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
- Symposium 5 · 5.25/10k
- Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
- Wasps 3 · 3.08/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 2 · 2.84/10k
- Acharnians 2 · 2.82/10k
- Birds 3 · 2.82/10k
- Phaedo 6 · 2.75/10k
Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. σκέλος · skelos — Chantraine
un cheval (X.); le mot est employé dans les sacrifices ; d
3. σκέλος · skelos — Frisk
n
4. σκέλος · skelos — Frisk
Dazu noch alb
5. σκέλος · skelos — LSJ
leg, with the legs, the strider, with the hind foot following the fore on the same side, across, legs, two long walls, side-wall
Attestations
- σκέλος · skelos Iliad 16.314
- σκέλη · skelē Plato, Republic 7.514 (DIORISIS sentence 4158)
- σκέλος · skelos Plato, Phaedo 60 (DIORISIS sentence 61)
- σκέλει · skelei Plato, Phaedo 60 (DIORISIS sentence 65)
- σκέλη · skelē Plato, Phaedo 61 (DIORISIS sentence 85)
- σκέλεσι · skelesi Plato, Phaedo 117 (DIORISIS sentence 1228)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan p. 1397; entry #5574
Review: Under source audit
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- scan p. 1033; entry #7314 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1695-1696; entry #5185 Review: Under source audit
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