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|Definition=<span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>310</span>: fut. [[σκήψω]] (ἐπι-) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>145c</span> (s. v.l.): aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἔσκηψα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>834</span>: pf. [[ἔσκηφα]] (ἐπ-) <span class="bibl">D.L.1.117</span>:—Med., fut. σκήψομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1027</span>: aor. ἐσκηψάμην <span class="bibl">D.6.13</span>:—Pass., aor. ἐσκήφθην <span class="title">IG</span>22.1629.746, (ἐπ-) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>937b</span>: pf. [[ἔσκημμαι]] (ἐπ-) <span class="bibl">Is. 3.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> [[prop]], [[stay]] one thing [[against]] or [[upon]] another:—Pass. and Med., [[prop oneself]] or [[lean upon a staff]], of an aged beggar, πτωχῷ . . ἐναλίγκιον ἠδὲ γέροντι, σκηπτόμενον <span class="bibl">Od.17.203</span>; of a wounded man, <b class="b3">αὐτῷ σκηπτόμενον</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῷ ἄκοντι</b>) <span class="bibl">Il.14.457</span>; βάκτρῳ <span class="bibl">A.R.2.198</span>: metaph., [[lean]] or [[depend upon]] a person or thing, μάρτυρι <span class="bibl">D.34.28</span>, 47. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">put forward by way of support, allege by way of excuse</b>, <b class="b3">τὴν βίαν σκήψασ' ἔχεις</b>,= [[σκήπτεις]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>834</span>:—in this signf. mo[sdot ]t freq. in Med., <b class="b2">allege on one's own behalf</b>, τὸ σκηπτόμενοι οἱ Πέρσαι . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.102</span>; σ. τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι <span class="bibl">Id.7.28</span>; σκήπτεσθαί τι πρός τινας <span class="bibl">Th. 6.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>217b</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἀσθένειαν</b> [[allege]], [[pretend]] illness, <span class="bibl">Plb.39.1.11</span>; simply [[pretend]], [[simulate]], <b class="b3">προσποιητὴν χαρὰν σκηψαμένη</b> prob. l. in Ps.Plu. <span class="title">Fluv.</span>16.1: c. inf., [[pretend to be]], ἔμπορος εἶναι σκήψομαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span> 1027</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>904</span>, <span class="bibl">D.6.13</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">σ. εἶναι [φυλῆς τινος</b>] <span class="bibl">Lys.23.2</span>; καθ' ἥντινα πρόφασιν ἐσκήψατο εἰς θήρας ἰέναι <span class="bibl">Ant.Lib.41.2</span>: c. acc. et inf., [[allege]] or <b class="b2">pretend that . .</b>, σ. [τινὰ] παίζοντα λέγειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>145c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Is. 6.13</span>; σ. τοῦτο, ὡς . . <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.242</span>; σ. ὅτι . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>217d</span>: abs., <b class="b3">σ. ὑπέρ τινος</b> [[make a defence]] for another, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>864d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[let fall]] or [[hurl upon]], βέλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>366</span> (anap.): metaph., σ. ἀλάστορα εἴς τινα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1333</span>:—Med., σκήψασθαι κότον τῇ γῇ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>801</span> (s. v.l.):— Pass., <b class="b3">τῶν τριήρων . . τῶν σκηφθεισῶν κατὰ χειμῶνα</b> [[which were fallen upon]] (i.e. caught) in the storm, <span class="title">IG</span> l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> intr., [[fall]], <b class="b3">πέδοι σκήψασα</b> [[having fallen]] on the plain below, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>749</span>; Διὸς ἔριν πέδοι σκήψασαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>429</span>; of plague, ὁ πυρφόρος θεὸς σκήψας ἐλαύνει . . πόλιν <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>28</span>; <b class="b3">λίμνην ὑπὲρ Γοργῶπιν ἔσκηψεν φάος</b> [[shot down]] across., of the beacon-light, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>302</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">308</span>,<span class="bibl">310</span>.</span>