σκαλεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[σκάλλω]], [[stir]], [[poke]], [[ἄνθρακας]] <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pax</span>440</span>; <b class="b3">πῦρ μαχαίρᾳ μὴ σκαλεύειν</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">do not decide domestic business by violence, do not stir the fire with a sword, poke not the fire with a sword</b>, Pythag. prov. in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>197</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Num.</span>14</span>, Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>2.28, &lt;*&gt;L. 8.17; <b class="b3">σκᾰλεύω τὰ ὦτα, τὸ οὖς</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>960b35</span>, <span class="bibl">961a37</span>: abs., of pou&lt;*&gt;y, [[scratch]], Plu.2.516d: prov., <b class="b3">αἰγὸς τρόπον μάχαιραν ἐσκάλευσά &lt;μοι&gt;</b>, i. e. I have unearthed the weapon for my own destruction, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>47 D.</span>