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σκῐᾱτρᾰφ-ία

skiatraphia · ἡ

a being brought up in the shade, sedentary, effeminate life

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What it meant

σκῐᾱτρᾰφ-ία · skiatraph-ia — LSJ

a being brought up in the shade, sedentary, effeminate life, effeminate habits

a being brought up in the shade, sedentary, effeminate life, Plu. Aem. 31: pl., effeminate habits, Id. Apophth. Lac. 2.209c, D.S. 20.62: σκιατροφία in Plu. Thes. 23, Lyc. 14 (v.l. -τραφ-), Ages. 9 (vv.ll. -τραφ-, σκιοτροφ-), Poll. 6.185 (v.l. -τραφ-), Gal. 13.949.

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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