σκῐᾱτροφ-έω (skiatropheo)

Where it lives

Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

σκῐᾱτροφ-έω · skiatroph-eō — LSJ

rear in the shade, within doors, bring up tenderly, keep in the shade, shun heat and labour, growing in the shade

rear in the shade or within doors, i.e. bring up tenderly, σκιατροφοῦντες [τὰ σώματα] Max.Tyr. 28.3:—Pass., keep in the shade, shun heat and labour, σκηνὰς πηξάμενοι ἐσκιητροφέοντο Hdt. 6.12; μὴ σκιατραφούμενος Trag.Adesp. 546.8 (v.l. -τροφ-) ; καθῆσθαι καὶ σκιατραφεῖσθαι X. Oec. 4.2, cf. Muson. Fr. 11p.59H. (-τροφ-, v.l. -τραφ-) ; ἐσκιατραφημένη (v.l. -τροφ-) σωμάτων ἕξις Plu. Lib.educ. 2.8d; ὁπλίτας ἐσκιατροφημένους Max.Tyr. 30.7; of a plant, σκιατροφούμενος growing in the shade, Thphr. CP 2.7

II wear a shade, cover oneʼs head, effeminate

intr. in Act., wear a shade, cover oneʼs head, σκιητροφέουσι, . . τιάρας φορέοντες Hdt. 3.12: hence also, like Pass., πλούσιος ἐσκιατροφηκώς a rich effeminate man, opp. πένης ἡλιωμένος one who bears all the heat of the day, Pl. R. 556d.

III

ἐσκιοτροφημένα f.l. for ἐσκιαγραφημένα in Suid.

In the wild

σκιητροφέουσι · skiētropheousi Herodotus, Histories 3.12.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2937)
ἐσκιητροφέοντο · eskiētropheonto Herodotus, Histories 6.12.4 (DIORISIS sentence 6247)
ἐσκιατροφηκότι · eskiatrophēkoti Plato, Republic 8.556 (DIORISIS sentence 4988)

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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