σκύλος
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], εος, τό,
A animal's skin, hide, τὸ δὲ σ. ἀνδρὶ καλύπτρη, of a lion's skin, Call.Fr.142, cf. Theoc.25.142, AP6.35 (Leon.), 165 (Phal.); outer husk of a nut, Nic.Al.270: heterocl. pl. σκύλα Id.Th. 422: σκυλος is f.l. for σκῦτος in Herod.3.68.
German (Pape)
[Seite 907] τό, poet. für σκῦλον 2, Nic. Al. 270.
