σκηπτός
From LSJ
ἔνδον γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἄρτι τυγχάνει, κάρα στάζων ἱδρῶτι καὶ χέρας ξιφοκτόνους → yes, the man is now inside, his face and hands that have slaughtered with the sword dripping with sweat
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (σκήπτω)
A thunderbolt (σκηπτοὶ [λέγονται τῶν κεραυνῶν] ὅσοι κατασκήπτουσιν εἰς τὴν γῆν Arist.Mu.395a28), X.An.3.1.11; τάρβος . . ὡς ἀπὸ σ. Aret.SD1.6: metaph. also of a dust-storm, S.Ant.418; hurricane, D.18.194, Jul.Or.1.35b; λοιμοῦ σ. A.Pers. 715 (troch.); of war, E.Andr.1046 (lyr.), Rh.674; καλοῦσί μ' οἱ νεώτεροι . . σκηπτόν, says a parasite, Antiph.195.11; σ. πόθος falling like a thunderbolt, Aspasia ap.Ath.5.219e.
