Σκύθης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Σκύθου, ὁ: voc.<br><span class="bld">A</span> Σκύθᾰ Thgn.829, Ar.''Th.''1112, etc.:—[[Scythian]], first in Hes. ''Fr.''55: [[proverb|prov.]], [[Σκυθῶν ἐρημία]], of a [[desert]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''704: metaph., [[rude]], [[rough person]], <b class="b3">ἐν λόγοις Σκύθης</b> Plu.2.847f, cf. Men.533.13.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Adj. [[Scythian]], Σκύθης ἐς οἷμον [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''2; <b class="b3">Σκύθης ὅμιλος</b> ib.417 (lyr.); Σκύθης σίδηρος Id.''Th.'' 818 (cf. [[Χάλυψ]]); κύανος [[Theophrastus]] ''De Lapidibus'' 55.<br><span class="bld">II</span> at Athens, [[one of the city police]], which was mainly composed of Scythian slaves, Ar.''Th.'' 1018,1026, ''Lys.''451; cf. [[τοξότης]] ''III''.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἱπποτοξότης]], [[mounted bowman]], [[horse-archer]], [[horse archer]], [[mounted archer]], [[mounted bowman]], [[horseback archer]] Ael. ''Tact.''2.13.