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σκύλος

skulos · τό

animalʼs skin, hide

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What it meant

σκύλος · skylos — LSJ

animalʼs skin, hide, outer husk

animalʼs skin, hide, τὸ δὲ σ. ἀνδρὶ καλύπτρη, of a lionʼs skin, Call. Fr. 142, cf. Theoc. 25.142, AP 6.35 (Leon.), 165 (Phal.); outer husk of a nut, Nic. Al. 270: heterocl. pl. σκύλα Id. Th. 422: σκυλος is f.l. for σκῦτος in Herod. 3.68.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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