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σκώψ

skops

σκωπός [m

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What it meant

1. σκώψ · skōps — Beekes

σκώψ, σκωπός [m.] ‘little horned owl (ε 66, Epich., Arist., Theoc. et al.); metaph. as a fish name (Nic. Fr. 18), probably after the colors (Stromberg 1943: 114); name of a dance (Ael., Poll.), with in the same mg. also σκώπευμα (A. Fr. 70 = 20 M.) and σκωπίας (Poll.); as a name of a dance also connected with σκοπεῖν (Ath, H.). “ΑΒ Also κώψ. — [Beekes, s.v. σκώψ, p. 1416]

2. σκώψ · skōps — Chantraine

σκώψ, σκωπός : m. «hibou, petit duc, Ofus scops » (Od. 5,66, Épich., Arist., Théoc., etc.) ; secondairement nom de poisson (Nic. fr. 18) peut-être à cause de sa couleur selon Stromberg, Fischnamen 114 ; aussi nom d’une danse où les danseurs imitent un hibou (Poll, Ath., ÆL); avec le même sens σκῴώπευμα (Æsch. fr. 20) et σκωπίας (Poll.} ; chez Ath. qui cite Æsch. et dans Hsch. s.u. σκωπευμάτων, est expliqué par le … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκώψ, p. 1046]

3. σκώψ · skōps — LSJ

owl, the little horned owl, Strix scops

a small kind of owl (γλαῦξ being the generic name), the little horned owl, Strix scops, Od. 5.66, Epich. 166, Theoc. 1.136, cf. Arist. HA 592b11, 617b31.

2 a dance, shading the eyes with the hand

a dance in which the dancers mimicked an owl, Ael. NA 15.28, Poll. 4.103, Ath. 9.391a, 14.629f:—in the last place it is explained (as if = σκοπός) of shading the eyes with the hand so as to see better; so also Hsch. s.v. σκωπευμάτων: cf. ὑπόσκοπος.

3 fish, mimic

a kind of fish, Nic. Fr. 18. (In Ael. l.c., Ath. 9.391a, b, σκώπτω (as if = mimic) is expld. fr. σκώψ, the owl being captured by means of its tendency to mimic one who danced in front of it; other explanations in Sch. Theoc. 1.136.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σκώψ (scan p. 1416; entry #5647).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκώψ (scan p. 1046; entry #7420).

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