σκέπας: Difference between revisions

|Definition=gen. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -αος <span class="bibl">Arat.857</span>: τό: (σκέπω):—[[covering]], [[shelter]], Hom., only in Od.; <b class="b3">κὰδ δ' ἄρ' Ὀδυσσῆ' εἷσαν ἐπὶ σκέπας</b> placed him in or under [[shelter]], <span class="bibl">6.212</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">210</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἀνέμοιο</b> [[shelter]] from the wind, <span class="bibl">5.443</span>, <span class="bibl">12.336</span>: abs. in poet. nom. and acc. pl. [[σκέπᾰ]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>532</span>; σκέπας ὅρμων Lyc.736; of clothes, <b class="b3">χλαίνης λιτὸν σ</b>. <span class="title">AP</span>9.43 (Parmen.); of the Maced. hat (καυσία), ib.<span class="bibl">6.335</span> (Antip. Thess.): pl., ζωσάμενοι σκέπασι λινοῖς <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>4.12</span> codd. ([[σκεπάσμασι]] is prob. l.): metaph. in sg., [[pretext]], [[pretence]], E.<span class="title">Antiop.</span> iv <span class="title">B</span> 2 Arnim.—In Prose commonly [[σκέπη]] (q.v.), or [[σκέπασμα]].</span>