σκιρτάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[σκιρτέω]] <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>4.342</span>:—Frequentat. of [[σκαίρω]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[spring]], [[leap]], [[bound]], of young horses, αἱ δ' ὅτε μὲν σκιρτῷεν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν... ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ σ. ἐπ' εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">Il.20.226</span>,<span class="bibl">228</span>; πῶλοι ἐσκίρτων φόβῳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1125</span>; of goats, <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.152</span>; of the Bacchae, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span> 446</span>; ὀρχεῖσθε καὶ σ. καὶ χορεύετε <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>761</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>1305</span>; <b class="b3">ἅλλεσθαι καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>653e</span>: also of wind, σκιρτᾷ δ' ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 1085</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., to [[be skittish]], [[be unruly]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>362.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 571c</span>, etc.</span>