σκίπων
From LSJ
λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
English (LSJ)
ωνος, ὁ, (σκίμπτομαι)
A = σκῆπτρον, staff, Hdt.4.172, E.Hec. 65 (anap.), Cratin.239, Ar.V.727; crutch, Hp.Art.52, IG42(1).121.111 (Epid., iv B.C.); σ., γεροντικὸν ὅπλον Call.Epigr.1.7, cf. Iamb. 1.134.—The form σκίμπων occurs as v.l. in Hdt. l.c., E. l.c., etc.; σκήπων v.l. in AP6.293 (Leon.), 294 (Phan.), 7.65 (Antip.), Call. Epigr.l.c., etc., recognized also by Hdn.Epim.127, Theognost.Can.34.
German (Pape)
[Seite 899] ὁ, = σκήπτων, Stab, Stock; zuerst bei Her. 4, 172; oft mit σκήπων verwechselt, Jac. A. P. p. 198; auch σκίμπων u. σκίμπτων findet sich; lat. scipio.
