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σκίπων

skipon

staff, stick

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Where it lives

Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

1. σκΐπων · skipōn — Beekes

σκΐπων, -wvoc [m.] ‘staff, stick’, also ‘crutch’ (Hdt. 4, 172, Cratin. [lyr.], Ar. [anap.], E. [anap.], Call, AP, Hp., Epid. IV*). eVAR VIL. σκήπων (after σκῆπτρονϑ), σκίμπων (after σκίμπτομαιξ). eCOMP As a first member e.g. in ἀ-σκίπων ‘staffless’ (AP). *ETYM Ionic poetic word, built like κύφων, δόλων, and other tool names (Chantraine 1933: 161f.), and almost identical with Lat. scipid, -6nis [m.] ‘staff (as a … — [Beekes, s.v. σκΐπων, p. 1405]

2. σκίπων · skipōn — Chantraine

σκίπων, -wvoc : m. «bâton, canne» (Hdt., Gratin. [yr.], Ar. [anapestes], Εἰ, [anapestes], Call.}, « béquille » (Hp, 1G IV 12,121, Épidaure 1v9 8. av.) avec les var. σκήπων (d'après σκῆπτρον, σκήπτομαι), σκίμπων (d'après σχίμπτομαι). Au second terme de composés tardifs ἀ-σκίπων, Bapu- (Call, cf. R. Schmitt, Nominalbildung des Kallimachos 107-108, n. 28 et 29), guo- (AP). On 8 évoqué avec un vocalisme tout différent … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκίπων, p. 1039]

3. σκίπων · skipōn — LSJ

staff, crutch

= σκῆπτρον, staff, Hdt. 4.172, E. Hec. 65 (anap.), Cratin. 239, Ar. V. 727; crutch, Hp. Art. 52, IG 42(1).121.111 (Epid., iv B.C.); σ., γεροντικὸν ὅπλον Call. Epigr. 1.7, cf. Iamb. 1.134.—The form σκίμπων occurs as v.l. in Hdt. l.c., E. l.c., etc.; σκήπων v.l. in AP 6.293 (Leon.), 294 (Phan.), 7.65 (Antip.), Call. Epigr. l.c., etc., recognized also by Hdn. Epim. 127, Theognost. Can. 34.

In the wild

σκίπωνας · skipōnas Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 501)
σκίπωνα · skipōna Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 650)
σκίπωνι · skipōni Euripides, Hecuba 65 (DIORISIS sentence 25)
σκίπωνα · skipōna Herodotus, Histories 4.172.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5161)

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σκίπων (scan pp. 1405-1406; entry #5604).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκίπων (scan p. 1039; entry #7355).

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