σκέπη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, = [[σκέπας]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[covering]], [[shelter]], [[protection]], Hp.''VM''16; 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 [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''658a18; <b class="b3">δεῖσθαι σκέπης</b> ib.20; σ. δερματική Id.''GA''719b4; <b class="b3">σ. φλοιῶτις</b>, = [[φλοιός]], Lyc. 1422.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[shelter]], [[protection]], <b class="b3">τὰ δεόμενα σκέπης</b> the parts of the body needing [[protection]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.10.9; σκιὰν καὶ σ. παρέχειν Pl. ''Ti.''76d; ἐν σκέπῃ εἶναι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''689b29; σ. ἔχειν D.S.5.65.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">σ. πνευμάτων</b> [[shelter from]] them, Hp. Aër.3; so ἐν σκέπῃ τοῦ πολέμου Hdt.7.172,215; τοῦ φόβου Id.1.143; τοῦ κρύους Ael.''NA''9.57: but <b class="b3">ὑποστέλλειν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὸ τὴν Ῥωμαίων σ.</b> under their [[protection]], Plb. 1.16.10; <b class="b3">ὄντα αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ σκέπην</b> being under his [[protection]], PTeb.34.12 (ii/i B.C.); <b class="b3">ἀντέχεσθαι τῆς σῆς σ.</b> ib.40.9 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἔξω ἱεροῦ.. καὶ πάσης σ.</b> ''Sammelb.''5680.19 (iii B.C.), cf. ''PHib.''1.93.5 (iii B.C.).