σκώψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, gen. [[σκωπός]], nom. pl. [[σκῶπες]], a small kind of <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[owl]] ([[γλαῦξ]] being the generic name), <b class="b2">the little horned owl, Strix scops</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.66</span>, <span class="bibl">Epich.166</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.136</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>592b11</span>, <span class="bibl">617b31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[a dance]] in which the dancers mimicked an owl, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>15.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.4.103</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.9.391a</span>, <span class="bibl">14.629f</span>:—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]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> a kind of [[fish]], Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>18. (In Ael. l.c., <span class="bibl">Ath.9.391a</span>, 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.<span class="bibl">Theoc.1.136</span>.)</span>