σκολύπτειν
Ἱστοὶ γυναικῶν ἔργα κοὐκ ἐκκλησίαι → Muliebre telae sunt opus, non contio → Der Webstuhl ist der Frau Geschäft, nicht Politik
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: ἐκτίλλειν, κολούειν; σκολύψαι κολοῦσαι, κολοβῶσαι; ἀνασκολύψας γυμνώσας H.
Other forms: Beside σκολύβρα σκυθρωπή H. we have σκολύφρα σκυθρωπή, σκληρά, ἐργώδης, δυσχερής.
Compounds: Often with ἀπο- to skin, to strip off, to circumcise (Archil. 124, S. Fr. 423, Ael. Dion. a.o.); details in Debrunner IF 21, 212 and Pearson on the place in Soph.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Formation like δρύπτω, καλύπτω (hardly denominative with Schwyzer 705); popular-expressiv to the group of σκάλλω (s. v.). The formally close σκολύφρα σκυθρωπή, σκληρά, ἐργώδης, δυσχερής is semant. far off. -- A cognate formation may be found in σκόλυθρον (s. v.). -- The variation of -βρ-\/-φρ- ) points to a Pre-Greek form (Furnée 171), whatever its relation to σκολύπτειν. Note also the form with κολοβ-.
