σκην-όω · skēn-oō — LSJ
pitch tents, encamp
pitch tents, encamp, ἐσκήνωσαν v.l. for -ησαν in X. An. 2.4.14; σκηνοῖεν v.l. for σκηνῷεν (cj.) in ib. 7.4.12.
2 live, dwell in a tent, settle, take up oneʼs abode, live, be
= σκηνέω (q.v. sub fin.), live or dwell in a tent, ἐν τῷ ὁμοῦ σκηνοῦν prob. cj. in Id. Cyr. 2.1.25: generally, settle, take up oneʼs abode, κατὰ τὰς κώμας σκηνοῦν Id. An. 4.5.23; -οῦν ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις ib. 5.5.11; ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει, οὗπερ αὐτὸς ἐσκήνου Id. HG 5.4.56, cf. LXX Jd. 5.17, al., J. AJ 3.12.6: metaph., ὁ λόγος . . ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν Ev.Jo. 1.14:—hence in pf. Pass., live or be, πόρρω ἐσκήνωται (v.l. ἐσκήνηται) τοῦ θανάσιμος εἶναι Pl. R. 610e.
II pitch
trans., pitch a tent, σκηνὰς . . σκηνώσας Polyaen. 7.21.6.
2 inhabits
τὸν τόπον τὸν νῦν σκενοῖ (sic) the place which he now inhabits, dub. in PCair.Zen. 499.89 (iii B.C.).