σκώψ
ὅπλον μέγιστόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετή βροτοῖς → man's greatest weapon is virtue, virtue is the greatest weapon for mortals
English (LSJ)
ὁ, gen. σκωπός, nom. pl. σκῶπες, a small kind of
A owl (γλαῦξ being the generic name), the little horned owl, Strix scops, Od.5.66, Epich.166, Theoc.1.136, cf. Arist.HA592b11, 617b31. 2 a dance in which the dancers mimicked an owl, Ael.NA15.28, Poll.4.103, Ath.9.391a, 14.629f:—in the last place it is explained (as if = σκοπός) of shading the eyes with the hand so as to see better; so also Hsch. s.v. σκωπευμάτων: cf. ὑπόσκοπος. 3 a kind of fish, Nic.Fr.18. (In Ael. l.c., Ath.9.391a, b, σκώπτω (as if = mimic) is expld. fr. σκώψ, the owl being captured by means of its tendency to mimic one who danced in front of it; other explanations in Sch.Theoc.1.136.)
