The corpus record

σκέπ-ασμα

skepasma · τό

a covering

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Where it lives

1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Statesman 4 · 2.36/10k
Metaphysics 2 · 0.25/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

σκέπ-ασμα · skep-asma — LSJ

a covering, covering membrane

a covering, τῶν σ. ὑποπετάσματα μὲν ἄλλα, περικαλύμματα δὲ ἕτερα Pl. Plt. 279d; of a cap or shoe, Id. Lg. 942d; of clothing generally, Arist. Pol. 1336a17; also ὄνυχες σ. τῶν ἀκρωτηρίων εἰσίν Id. PA 687b24; covering membrane, Id. GA 780b28; τὸ φύλλον περικαρπίου σ., in plants, Id. de An. 412b2; οἰκία σ. ἐκ πλίνθων καὶ λίθων Id. Metaph. 1043a32.

In the wild

σκέπασμα · skepasma Aristotle, Metaphysics book 8 (DIORISIS sentence 2180)
σκέπασμα · skepasma Aristotle, Metaphysics book 8 (DIORISIS sentence 2180)
σκέπασμα · skepasma Aristotle, Politics 1336a (DIORISIS sentence 2937)
σκεπάσματα · skepasmata New Testament, 1 Timothy 6.8 (DIORISIS sentence 85)
σκεπασμάτων · skepasmatōn Plato, Laws 942
σκεπάσμασι · skepasmasi Plato, Statesman 279

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Where it came from

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