The corpus record

σκεπ-άζω

skepazo

cover, shelter

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Where it lives

Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 2 · 2.88/10k
De aere aquis et locis 2 · 2.7/10k
Siracides 4 · 2.17/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Machabaeorum I 3 · 1.72/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Isaias 3 · 1.14/10k
Regnorum I 2 · 1.08/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

σκεπ-άζω · skep-azō — LSJ

cover, shelter, cover, guarded, watched

cover, shelter, σ. τὰ δεόμενα σκέπης X. Mem. 3.10.9, cf. Eq. 12.8, Arist. IA 711b32, PA 658b6; σ. [τινὰ] ἱματίοις cover him with blankets, POxy. 1088.47 (i A.D.):—Med., aor. 1, Gal. 4.549:—Pass., ὁκόσα ὑπὸ τοῦ ἱματίου ἐσκέπασται Hp. Aër. 8, cf. X. Cyr. 8.8.17, Arist. GA 785a27; esp. of armour, Plb. 1.22.10, etc.; δοραῖς τὸ σῶμα σ. POxy. 1241 iv 18 (ii A.D.); ἐσκεπασμένην σκοπαῖς guarded, watched, Lyc. 1311; σ. ἀπὸ καύματος LXX Si. 14.27.

2 protect, shelter

protect or shelter, esp. by patronage, τοὺς πλινθουλκούς, οὒς ἔδει λειτουργεῖν PSI 4.440.14 (iii B.C.):—Pass., PHib. 1.35.10 (iii B.C.), UPZ 110.15 (ii B.C.).

b exercise unauthorized patronage over

exercise unauthorized patronage over, τὰς ἱερὰς ἀρούρας Wilcken Chr. 65.60 (ii B.C.).

II keep off

c. acc. rei, keep off, καῦμα τῶν Ἐρώτων Anacreont. 17.9.

In the wild

ἐσκεπασμένα · eskepasmena Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4985)
σκεπάζεσθαι · skepazesthai Hippocrates, De aere aquis et locis 19 (DIORISIS sentence 364)
ἐσκέπασται · eskepastai Hippocrates, De aere aquis et locis 8 (DIORISIS sentence 162)
σκεπασθησόμεθα · skepasthēsometha Septuaginta, Isaias 28
σκεπασθῆναι · skepasthēnai Septuaginta, Isaias 30
σκεπασθήσεται · skepasthēsetai Septuaginta, Isaias 4

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