σκόλοψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οπος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> anything [[pointed]]: esp. [[pale]], [[stake]], κεφαλὴν πῆξαι ἀνὰ σκολόπεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.18.177</span>; for impaling, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1430</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>898</span>; ἐπὶ σκόλοψι ἀναρτᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">D.S.33.15</span>: pl. [[σκόλοπες]], [[palisade]], τείχεα . . σκολόπεσσιν ἀρηρότα <span class="bibl">Od.7.45</span>; freq. in Il., ἐν δὲ [τάφρῳ] σκόλοπας κατέπηξαν <span class="bibl">7.441</span>; διά τε σκόλοπας καὶ τάφρον ἔβησαν <span class="bibl">8.343</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">12.63</span>, <span class="bibl">15.344</span>; σκόλοπας περὶ τὸ ἕρκος κατέπηξαν <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.97</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>116</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>5.2.5</span> (Att. usually [[σταύρωμα]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[thorn]], IG42(1).121.92 (Epid., iv B.C.), <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Nu.</span>33.55</span>, al., Dsc.4.49, <span class="bibl">Babr.122</span>; σκόλοπες φοίνικος <span class="title">PMag.Osl.</span>1.270, al., cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>12.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> an [[instrument]] for operating on the [[urethra]], Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.50.9.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[point of a fishing hook]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[tree]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>983</span> (lyr.).</span>