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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[pitch tents]], [[encamp]], ἐσκήνωσαν [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for ἐσκήνησαν in X.An.2.4.14; σκηνοῖεν [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for σκηνῷεν (cj.) in ib.7.4.12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[σκηνέω]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]] sub fin.), [[live in a tent]] or [[dwell in a tent]], ἐν τῷ ὁμοῦ σκηνοῦν prob. cj. in Id.Cyr.2.1.25: generally, [[settle]], [[take up one's abode]], κατὰ τὰς κώμας σκηνοῦν Id.An.4.5.23; σκηνοῦν ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις ib.5.5.11; ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει, οὗπερ αὐτὸς ἐσκήνου Id.HG5.4.56, cf. LXX Jd.5.17, al., J.AJ3.12.6: metaph., ὁ λόγος . . ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν Ev.Jo.1.14:—hence in pf.Pass., [[live]] or [[be]], πόρρω ἐσκήνωται ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἐσκήνηται]]) τοῦ θανάσιμος εἶναι Pl.R. 610e.<br><span class="bld">II</span> trans., [[pitch]] a tent, σκηνὰς . . σκηνώσας Polyaen.7.21.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> τὸν τόπον τὸν νῦν σκενοῖ (sic) the place which he now [[inhabit]]s, dub. in PCair.Zen.499.89 (iii B.C.).