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σκέπ-ας

skepas

shelter, protection, cover

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What it meant

1. σκέπας · skepas — Beekes

σκέπας [n.] ‘shelter, protection, cover’ (Od, E, Lyc, AP et al.). «Ὁ» eVAR σκέπᾶ [acc.pl.] (Hes. Op. 532), see Sommer 1957: 147; σκέπη [f.] ‘cover, screen, protection’ (IA). *COMP As a second member -σκεπής (σκέπος only EM), eg. ἀνεμο-σκεπής ‘screening from wind’ (II 224). *DER σκέπω, only pres. and ipf. (Hp., Plb., mostly late); oxendw, only in 3pl. σκεπόωσι (ν 99; σκεπάουσι ν.]. Theoc. 16, 81) ‘to cover, screen, … — [Beekes, s.v. σκέπας, p. 1398]

2. σκέπας · skepas — Chantraine

σκέπας : n. «abri, protection, couverture» contre le vent, etc. (Od., poètes), au figuré chez Εἰ. ; gén. σκέπαος (Arat.), acc. pl oxérm& (Hés. Tr. 532) analogique, cf. Sommer, Gedenkschrift Kreischmer 147 (plutôt que les vues de Benveniste, Origines 93) ; sur σκέπη dans les pap., voir Piatkowska, Eos 54, 1964, 239. Ce vieux thème en 8 (ef. σέδας, etc.), avec un doublet oxéxos (EM 597,17), a fourni des composés en … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκέπας, p. 1034]

3. σκέπας · skepas — Frisk

σκέπας n. “Obdach, Schutz, Bedeckung’ (Od., E., Lyk., AP u.2.), pl. Akk. oxend (Hes. Op. 532; Sommer Mv. ydow 2, 147); σκέπη f. "Bedeckung, Decke, Schirm, Schutz’ (ion. att.); als Hinterglied -σκεπής (ox&nos nur EM), z.B. ἀνεμοoxenns “vor Wind schützend’ (/7 224); auch auf σκέπω beziehbar wie negı-, κατα-σκεπ-ής u.a. — Daneben oxenw, nur Präs. u. Ipf. (Hp., Plb., meist sp.), σκεπάω nur 3. pl. σκεπόωσι (ν 99; … — [Frisk, s.v. σκέπας, p. 1696]

4. σκέπ-ας · skep-as — LSJ

covering, shelter, shelter, shelter, pretext, pretence

covering, shelter, Hom., only in Od.; κὰδ δʼ ἄρʼ Ὀδυσσῆʼ εἷσαν ἐπὶ σκέπας placed him in or under shelter, 6.212, cf. 210; σ. ἀνέμοιο shelter from the wind, 5.443, 12.336: abs. in poet. nom. and acc. pl. σκέπᾰ, Hes. Op. 532; σκέπας ὅρμων Lyc. 736; of clothes, χλαίνης λιτὸν σ. AP 9.43 (Parmen.); of the Maced. hat (καυσία), ib. 6.335 (Antip. Thess.): pl., ζωσάμενοι σκέπασι λινοῖς Porph. Abst. 4.12 codd. (σκεπάσμασι is prob. l.): metaph. in sg., pretext, pretence, E. Antiop. iv B 2 Arnim.—In Prose c

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