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σκῦτος

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prepared skin, leather, leather thong

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1. σκῦτος · skytos — Beekes

σκῦτος [n.] ‘prepared skin, leather, leather thong’ (E 34). 41Ὲ *(s)keh,u-t-> *COMP σκυτο-τόμος [m.] ‘leather-worker, cobbler’ (H 221); as a second member in δωδεκά-σκυτος ‘consisting of twelve leather strips’ (Pl). *DER Diminutive σκυτ-άριον [n.], -ἰς [6] (Hell. and late); adj. avoc ‘leather’ (IA), -ἰκός ‘pertaining to leather(-work) or cobbling’ (PL, Arist. et al.), -&n¢ ‘leather-like’ (Arist.); -eb¢ [m.] … — [Beekes, s.v. σκῦτος, p. 1414]

2. σκῦτος · skytos — Chantraine

σκῦτος : n. «peau travaillée, cuir, lanière, fouet », etc. (Od. 14,34, ion.-att., etc.). | Composés σκυτο-δέψης M. -πώλης ML, -τόμος « qui travaille le cuir, cordonnier », etc. (IL 7,221, ion.- att., etc.), en att. “τομέω, -τομεῖον, -τομικός ; au second terme de composé seulement δωδεκά-σκυτος «avec douze bandes de cuir » (PI, Plu.). Dérivés : 1. σχκυτεύς m. «cordonnier » (attique, etc.), usuel comme hypocoristique … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκῦτος, p. 1045]

3. σκῦτος · skytos — Frisk

σκῦτος n. “die zubereitete Haut, Leder, Lederriemen’ (seit € 34). Kompp., z.B. σκυτο-τόμος m. “Lederarbeiter, Schuster’ (seit 7 221); als Hinterglied in δωδεκά-σκυτος “aus zwölf Lederstreifen bestehend’ (Pl.). — Davon 1. Demin. oxvr-dorov E n., -ἰς £. (hell. u. sp.). 2. Adj. -ἰνος “ledern’ (ion. att.), -ἰκός "zur : Leder(arbeit) gehörig’, ἡ -ἰκὴ τέχνη "die Schusterei’ (Pl., Arist. : u. 8.), -Döng "lederähnlich’ … — [Frisk, s.v. σκῦτος, p. 1716]

4. σκῦτος · skytos — LSJ

skin, hide, dressed, tanned hide

skin, hide, esp. dressed or tanned hide, Od. 14.34, Hp. Art. 33, Ar. Eq. 868; ὁ νοῦς γὰρ ἡμῶν ἦν τότʼ ἐν τοῖς σκύτεσι (with a reference to Cleon the tanner) Id. Pax 669; εἰ ἐμβάται γένοιντο σκύτους X. Eq. 12.10; τῶν σκυτῶν ῥυτίδες Pl. Smp. 191a; σκυτῶν τομή Id. Chrm. 173d.

II leather thong, whip

leather thong, whip, D. 21.180, Plu. Pomp. 18, etc.; σκύτη βλέπειν to look like a whipped cur, Eup. 282, Ar. V. 643; σ. τέμνειν εἰς νουθεσίαν ἀνθρώπων ἀφρόνων Socr. Ep. 12. (Cf. Skt. skunomi ‘cover’, Lat. ob-scū-rus.) [σκύτος with ῠ occurs in codd.; but in Ar. Pl. 514 Bentl. restored σκῠλοδεψεῖν; so in Theoc. 25.142 σκύλος is the better reading, and in Lyc. 1316 Scheer conjectures σκύλος.]

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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. σκῦτος (scan p. 1414; entry #5639).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκῦτος (scan p. 1045; entry #7410).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σκῦτος (scan pp. 1716-1717; entry #5247). Root candidates: *hüöi-.

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