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σκευ-ή

skeue · ἡ

equipment, attire, apparel

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

σκευ-ή · skeu-ē — LSJ

equipment, attire, apparel, dress, horse-trappings, dress

equipment, attire, apparel, Hdt. 7.15, S. OC 555, E. Ba. 180, etc.; σ. Μηδικὰς ἐνδυόμενος Th. 1.130; σκευήν τινα περιθέσθαι Pl. Cri. 53d; σκευῆς ἀνάθεσις, of the chorus, Lys. 21.4; esp. of the dress of a singer or actor, ἐνδὺς πᾶσαν τὴν σ. Hdt. 1.24, cf. Ar. Ra. 108; τραγικὴ σ. Pl. R. 577b; of soldiers, σ. ψιλή Th. 3.94; ἡ σ. τῶν ὅπλων Id. 1.8; of horse-trappings, Id. 6.94; of the dress of priests and public officers, And. 1.112, Eub. 71.

2 fashion, style of dress, equipment

fashion, style of dress or equipment, Μηδικὴ αὕτη ἡ σ. ἐστι Hdt. 7.62; τὴν αὐτὴν σ. ἔχοντες ib. 66, cf. 73, al.; ἐπὶ πολὺ αὕτη ἡ σ. κατέσχεν Th. 1.6.

II tackle

tackle, as of a net, Pi. P. 2.80; of a ship, D.S. 14.79, Act.Ap. 27.19.

2

= αἰδοῖον, AP 5.241 (Eratosth., where σκεϋήν ⏑⏑_, dub.l.); cf. σκεῦος III.

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