1. σκιμᾶλίζω · skimalizō — Beekes
The corpus record
σκιμᾱλίζω
skimalizo
to hold up the middle finger
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Where it lives
- Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
- Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. σκιμαλίζω · skimalizō — Chantraine
3. σκιμᾶλίζω · skimalizō — Frisk
4. σκιμαλίζω · skimalizō — Frisk
5. σκιμᾱλίζω · skimalizō — LSJ
jeer at, flout, τινα Ar. Pax 549; ῥηματίοις Id. Ach. 444; σ. ποδί kick, D.L. 7.17; expld. as Att. for καταδακτυλίζω by Moer. p.360 P., Phryn. PS p.83 B., cf. Sch.Ar.Il.cc.; also expld. by Sch. Ar. Pax l.c. as to hold up the middle finger (sens. obsc.). [The quantity of σκι- is not determined.]
In the wild
- σκιμαλίσω · skimalisō Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 339)
- ἐσκιμάλισεν · eskimalisen Aristophanes, Peace 3 (DIORISIS sentence 416)
- σκιμαλίζοντος · skimalizontos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5595)
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σκιμᾱλίζω (scan p. 1403; entry #5593).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκιμᾱλίζω (scan p. 1038; entry #7337).
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