1. σκέπανος · skepanos — Beekes
The corpus record
σκεπ-ᾰνός
skepanos
axe for working wood, chip-axe
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What it meant
σκέπανος [m.] a kind of fish, possibly a kind of tunny (Opp.). See Thompson 1947 s.v., Stromberg 1943: 128. «ἢ» eETYM Unknown. oxénapvos [m.] ‘axe for working wood, chip-axe’ (Od., S. Fr. 797, Hell. and late), ‘surgical bandage (metaph.)’ (Hp.). *VAR -ov [n.] ecomP As a second member in e.g. ἀμφι-σκέπαρνος ‘smoothed on both sides’ (Milete, Didyma). *DER σκεπάρν-ιον [n.] pillar’ (Didyma II*), -ndd6v ee ‘like … — [Beekes, s.v. σκέπανος, p. 1397]
2. σκέπανος · skepanos — Chantraine
σκέπανος : m., nom de poisson, p.-ê. une espèce de thon (Opp.), cf. Dorio ap. Ath. 322 f, où les manuscrits donnent σκέπινος. Voir Thompson, Fishes s.u., Stromberg, Fischnamen 128. Aucun lien clair ne saurait être établi avec σκέπω. Le mot étant glosé par le sch. d'Oppien χκόπανος, on pourrait penser à un rapport avec κόπανος, κόπτω (et σκέπαρνος 7). Il est p.-ê. plus plausible de poser un emprunt. — [Chantraine, s.v. σκέπανος, p. 1033]
3. σκεπ-ᾰνός · skep-anos — LSJ
sheltered, sheltering
sheltered or sheltering, κευθμῶνες Opp. H. 3.636; ὑφόρμισις AP 7.699, cf. Dion. Byz.1.
4. σκέπᾰνος · skepanos — LSJ
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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