σκέπη

English (LSJ)

ἡ,= σκέπας,

   A covering, shelter, protection, Hp.VM16; σ. ἄκαπνος Id.Acut.65; of clothes, Id.Aër.8; of arms, Plb.6.22.3, etc.; of the flesh as the covering of bones, Ti.Locr.100b; of the hair, σκέπης χάριν αἱ τρίχες Arist. PA658a18; δεῖσθαι σκέπης ib.20; σ. δερματική Id.GA719b4; σ. φλοιῶτις,= φλοιός, Lyc. 1422.    II shelter, protection, τὰ δεόμενα σκέπης the parts of the body needing protection, X.Mem.3.10.9; σκιὰν καὶ σ. παρέχειν Pl. Ti.76d; ἐν σκέπῃ εἶναι Arist.PA689b29; σ. ἔχειν D.S.5.65.    2 c. gen., σ. πνευμάτων shelter from them, Hp. Aër.3; so ἐν σκέπῃ τοῦ πολέμου Hdt.7.172,215; τοῦ φόβου Id.1.143; τοῦ κρύους Ael.NA9.57: but ὑποστέλλειν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὸ τὴν Ῥωμαίων σ. under their protection, Plb. 1.16.10; ὄντα αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ σκέπην being under his protection, PTeb.34.12 (ii/i B.C.); ἀντέχεσθαι τῆς σῆς σ. ib.40.9 (ii B.C.); ἔξω ἱεροῦ . . καὶ πάσης σ. Sammelb.5680.19 (iii B.C.), cf. PHib.1.93.5 (iii B.C.).