1. σκύλλω · skyllō — Chantraine
The corpus record
σκύλλω
skullo
f
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Where it lives
- Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
- Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
- Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
- Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
- Luke 2 · 1.04/10k
- Ezechiel 3 · 1.04/10k
- Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
- Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k
- Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
- Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
- Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
- Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. σκύλλω · skyllō — Chantraine
3. σκύλλω · skyllō — Chantraine
4. σκύλλω · skyllō — Frisk
5. σκύλλω · skyllō — LSJ
= τοῖς ὄνυξι σπᾶν, Hsch.; aor. inf. σκοῦλαι (perh. Lacon.), = κνῆσαι, Id.:—Pass., σκύλλονται, of dead bodies torn by fish, A. Pers. 577 (lyr.); ἔσκυλται . . κίκιννος is dishevelled, AP 5.174 (Mel.); ἔσκυλται δὲ κόμη ib. 258 (Paul.Sil.).
maltreat, molest, τοὺς ἐν [τοῖς ἱεροῖς] ἀποτεταγμένους Sammelb. 6236.22 (i B.C.); ὃς δὲ ἂν σκύλῃ [τὸ μνῆμα] IG 14.1901 (Rome), cf. AP 3.6 (Inscr. Cyzic.), CIG 3757 (Nicaea), 4077 (Ancyra):—Pass., UPZ 107.8, 16 (ii B.C.).
trouble, annoy, τὴν ἀσθενοῦσαν Sor. 2.11; σκύλας καὶ ὑβρίσας Hdn. 7.3.4; σ. τὸν στρατόν Id. 4.13.3; τί σκύλλεις τὸν διδάσκαλον; Ev.Marc. l.c., cf. Ev.Luc. 8.49; σκῦλον σεαυτὸν πρὸς ἡμᾶς φέρων . . τὴν ὕαλον bestir yourself (i.e. hurry) to us with . . , PFay. 134.2 (iv A.D.):—Pass. and Med., μὴ σκύλλου trouble not thyself, Ev.Luc. 7.6; σκυλῆναι πρὸς Τιμόθεον take the trouble to go to T., POxy. 123.10 (iii/iv A.D.); σκυλῆναι ἀνέξεται; will he trouble to come? Phoeb. Fig. p.44S.; σκῦλαι (imper. Med.
Med., σκύλαιο κάρη shave the patientʼs head, Nic. Al. 410.
In the wild
- σκύλλονται · skyllontai Aeschylus, Persians 576–578
- σκῦλον · skylon Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 566)
- σκῦλον · skylon Euripides, Rhesus (DIORISIS sentence 367)
- σκυλεύσας · skyleusas Herodotus, Histories 1.82.5 (DIORISIS sentence 567)
- σκύλλου · skyllou New Testament, Luke 7.6 (DIORISIS sentence 307)
- σκύλλε · skylle New Testament, Luke 8.49 (DIORISIS sentence 435)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκύλλω (scan p. 1044; entry #7401).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σκύλλω (scan p. 1714; entry #5237).
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