The corpus record

σκόλιον

skolion · τό

song which went round crookedly at banquets

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Where it lives

Wasps 2 · 2.06/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k

What it meant

σκόλιον · skolion — LSJ

song which went round crookedly at banquets, crooked, crooked

song which went round crookedly at banquets, being sung to the lyre by the guests one after another in irregular order, the singer holding a myrtlebranch (μυρρίνη) passed to him by the previous singer, ᾆσον δή μοι σ. τι λαβὼν Ἀλκαίου κἀνακρέοντος Ar. Fr. 223, cf. Arist. Pol. 1285a38, Ath. 15.694a; the word first in Pi. Fr. 122.11 (cf. Aristox. Fr.Hist. 66, Ath. 13.573f); examples in B. Scol.Oxy. 1361, Bergk PLG iii pp. 643 sqq., cf. Ar. Ach. 532, Ra. 1302, V. 1222, Pl. Grg. 451e (cf. Sch. ad loc

In the wild

σκόλια · skolia Aristophanes, Acharnians *dikaio/polos.530 (DIORISIS sentence 409)
σκόλιον · skolion Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 1033)
σκολίων · skoliōn Aristophanes, Frogs 1301–1302
σκόλιον · skolion Aristophanes, Wasps 1240 (DIORISIS sentence 911)
σκόλιʼ · skoliʼ Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 896)

Where it came from

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