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σκεπ-ᾰνός

skepanos

axe for working wood, chip-axe

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What it meant

1. σκέπανος · skepanos — Beekes

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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