canopy

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

tent: P. and V. σκηνή, ἡ.

taking the sacred hangings from the treasure-house, he made a canopy: V. λαβὼν ὑφάσμαθ' ἱρὰ θησαυρῶν πάρα κατεσκίαζε (Euripides, Ion, 1141).

upon the roof he spreads a canopy of cloth: V. ὀρόφῳ πτέρυγα περιβάλλει πέπλων (Euripides, Ion, 1143).