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σκέλος

skelos

thigh, leg

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What it meant

1. σκέλος · skelos — Beekes

σκέλος [n.] ‘thigh, leg’ (II 314). 41Ὲ *skel- “bend, curve’> eDIAL Myc. ke-re-a, /skeleha/ [Ρ].]. Ὁ «COMP Often as a second vee e 8 τετρα-σκελής ‘four-legged’ (trag. etc.). «DER 1. Diminutives oxed-ioxog [m.] (Ar.), -ύδριον (Herod., Arr.). 2. σκελέαι [f-pl.] ‘breeches’ (Critias, Antiph.). 3. σκελίζω (Plu., S. E.), usually with ὑπο- (PL, D., etc.) ‘to trip up one’s heels, upset, outsmart’, with (ὑπο-σκελ-ισμός [m.] … — [Beekes, s.v. σκέλος, p. 1397]

2. σκέλος · skelos — Chantraine

σκέλος : n. «jambe » depuis la hanche jusqu’au pied (IL 16,314, ion.-att., etc.); membre d'un cheval (X.); le mot est employé dans les sacrifices ; d’où l'emploi pour les pieds d’un chaudron dans mycén. pl. kerea, (ChadwickBaumbach 244); en att. τὰ σκέλη désigne les « Longs Murs ». Souvent -σκελῆς au second terme de composés : ἀ-σκελής (PL), βραχυ- (S., Arist.), ἰσο- (v. Mugler, Terminologie géométrique), κακο- … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκέλος, p. 1033]

3. σκέλος · skelos — Frisk

σκέλος n. “Schenkel, Bein’ (seit /7 314); myk. ke-re-a, (pl.)? Oft als Hinterglied, z.B. τετρα-σκελής “vierbeinig’ (Trag. u. a.). Davon 1. die Deminutiva oxeA-ioxog m. (Ar.), -döoıov (Herod., Arr.). 2. σκελέαι f.pl. “Beinkleider” (Kritias, Antiph.). 3. σκελίξω (Plu., 5. E.), gew. öno- » (Pl., D. usw.) “einem das Bein unterschlagen, ihn zu Fall bringen, überlisten’ mit (ὑπο-)σκελ-ισμός m. “das zu Fall Bringen, … — [Frisk, s.v. σκέλος, p. 1695]

4. σκέλος · skelos — Frisk

σκέλος. Dazu noch alb. shale “Schenkel”, 5. Gabej Rev. roum. de ling. 10 (1965) 111. oxenag. Zu σκέπη in den ptol. Pap. M. Pistkowska Eos 54 (1964) 239ff. — [Frisk, s.v. σκέλος, p. 2305]

5. σκέλος · skelos — LSJ

leg, with the legs, the strider, leg

leg from the hip downwards, only once in Hom., πρυμνὸν σκέλος the ham or buttock, Il. 16.314; κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σ. ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα Hdt. 3.103, cf. 7.61, 88; τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας Pl. Phdr. 254e, cf. Arist. HA 494a4; of dancers, τὸ σ. ῥίψαντες, αἴρειν, Ar. Pax 332, Ec. 265; σ. οὐράνιον ἐκλακτίζων Id. V. 1492, cf. 1526; οὐρανῷ σκέλη προφαίνων, of one thrown head foremost, S. El. 753; βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφʼ ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλο

2

as a military phrase, ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, retreat with the face towards the enemy, retire leisurely, E. Ph. 1400, Ar. Av. 383; cf. πούς 1.6b.

3 with the hind foot following the fore on the same side

κατὰ σκέλος βαδίζειν, of the lion and the camel, with the hind foot following the fore on the same side (not crosswise), Arist. HA 498b7, cf. 629b14.

4 across

παρὰ σκέλος ἀπαντᾷ it meets one across, i.e. crosses oneʼs path, thwarts one, Arr. Epict. 2.12.2 (v.l. π. μέλος).

II legs, two long walls

metaph., τὰ σ. the legs, i.e. the two long walls connecting Athens with Piraeus, Str. 9.1.15, Plu. Cim. 13; τὰ μακρὰ σ. D.S. 13.107, Plu. Lys. 14; of the long walls between Megara and Nisaea, τὰ Μεγαρικὰ σ. Ar. Lys. 1170; between Corinth and Lechaeum, Str. 8.6.22.

b side-wall

side-wall of a temple, SIG 247 K 1 iii 3, 11 (Delph., iv B.C.); of other structures, PPetr. 3p.88 (iii B.C.), etc.

2 side-poles, frames of an engine

side-poles or frames of an engine, Orib. 49.4.4.

3 tails of a surgical bandage, ends

tails of a surgical bandage, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.20.5; of the ends of the Persian head-dress, Plu. Praec. 2.820d.

4 members

members of a sentence, Sch.rec. A. Th. 94. (Written σχέλος IG ΙΙ(2).161 B 61 (Delos, iii B.C.).)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σκέλος (scan p. 1397; entry #5574). Root candidates: *skel-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκέλος (scan p. 1033; entry #7314).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σκέλος (scan pp. 1695-1696; entry #5185).

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