σκῦλον
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
τό, mostly in pl. σκῦλα,
A arms stripped off a slain enemy, spoils, S.Ph.1428, 1431, E.IT74, El.7, 1000, Th.4.134, SIG61 (Olympia, v B.C.); σκῦλα γράφειν to write one's name on arms gained as spoils, which were then dedicated to a deity, E.Ph.574; σκῦλ' ἔδειξα Βακχίῳ Id.Cyc.9, cf. Th.2.13, 3.57: less freq. in sg., booty, spoil, prey, σκῦλον οἰωνοῖσιν E.El.897, cf.Rh.620, D.Chr.64.24; τὰς πτέρυγας . . τῇ Νίκῃ φορεῖν ἔδοσαν, . . σκῦλον ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Aristopho 11.9; σκῦλον τὴν ὑπατείαν φέρεσθαι Plu.Mar.9.
