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ὑποσκάπτω

uposkapto

dig under, dig about

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What it meant

ὑποσκάπτω · hyposkaptō — LSJ

dig under, dig about, undermine, mark

dig under, dig about, τὰς συκᾶς Thphr. HP 2.7.5: metaph., τὸν τῆς ἡδονῆς τοῖχον ὑ. undermine, Eratosth. ap. Ath. 13.588a; ὑ. μακρὰ ἅλματα mark a long leap, Pi. N. 5.20.

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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