Σκύθης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ: voc. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> Σκύθᾰ <span class="bibl">Thgn.829</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>1112</span>, etc.:—[[Scythian]], first in <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Fr.</span>55</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], Σκυθῶν [[ἐρημία]], of a [[desert]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>704</span>: metaph., [[rude]], [[rough person]], <b class="b3">ἐν λόγοις Σ</b>. Plu.2.847f, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.533.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Adj. <span class="title">Scythian</span>, Σ. ἐς οἷμον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>2</span>; <b class="b3">Σ. ὅμιλος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">417</span> (lyr.); σίδηρος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span> 818</span> (cf. [[Χάλυψ]]); κύανος <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>55</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> at Athens, [[one of the city police]], which was mainly composed of Scythian slaves, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span> 1018</span>,<span class="bibl">1026</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>451</span>; cf. [[τοξότης]] ''III''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἱπποτοξότης]], [[mounted bowman]], [[horse-archer]], [[horse archer]], [[mounted archer]], [[mounted bowman]], [[horseback archer]] <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">Tact.</span>2.13</span>.</span>