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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[hard]] (perh. <b class="b2">chalk) land overgrown with bushes, scrub</b>, Tab.Heracl.1.19; <b class="b3">τῶν ξύλων . . τῶν ἐν τοῖς σ</b>. ib.144; = [[πυρρώδης]] ([[ῥυπώδης]] cj. Mein.) [[γῆ]] acc. to Philet. ap. Hsch.; <b class="b3">σκ[ε]ίρα</b> (leg. [[σκῖρα]]) <b class="b3"> . . χωρία ὕλην ἔχοντα εὐθετοῦσαν εἰς φρύγανα</b>, Hsch.; <b class="b3">σκ[ε]ῖρος· . . ἄλσος καὶ δρυμός</b>, Id. (but opp. [[δρυμός]], <span class="title">Tab.Heracl.</span> ll.cc.); ἠὲ σ. ἔην, νῦν αὖ θέτο τέρματ' Ἀχιλλεύς <span class="bibl">Il.23.332</span>,<span class="bibl">333</span> as shortd. into one line by Aristarch. (here = [[ῥίζα, διὰ τὸ ἐσκιάσθαι]] acc. to Sch.T ad loc.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[hardened swelling]] or [[tumour]], [[induration]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.18</span> (<b class="b3">τὸν σκῖρον [σκίρρον</b> codd.] σκῦρον ὀνομάζει Erot. s.v. [[σκυρωθῶσι]]), <span class="bibl">Sor.2.7</span> ([[σκύρου]] cod.), <span class="bibl">9</span> ([[σκύρον]] cod.), <span class="bibl">56</span>, Gal.11.736, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CD</span>1.14</span> ([[σκίρρος]] codd.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> σκίρρος,= [[γύψος]], Suid. (cod. A in marg.); also σκίρρα, = [[γῆ λευκή, ὥσπερ γύψος]], Id. (written σκίρα Id.s.v. [[σκίρος]]) <b class="b3">; γῆ σκιρράς</b>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>921</span>.