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|Definition=A.''Ag.''310: fut. σκήψω ([[ἐπισκήπτω]]) Pl.''Tht.''145c ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]): aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἔσκηψα E.''Hel.''834: pf. [[ἔσκηφα]] (ἐπ-) D.L.1.117:—Med., fut. σκήψομαι Hdt.7.28, Ar.''Ec.''1027: aor. ἐσκηψάμην D.6.13:—Pass., aor. ἐσκήφθην ''IG''22.1629.746, (ἐπ-) Pl.''Lg.''937b: pf. [[ἔσκημμαι]] (ἐπ-) Is. 3.12.<br><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 Od.17.203; of a wounded man, <b class="b3">αὐτῷ σκηπτόμενον</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῷ ἄκοντι</b>) Il.14.457; βάκτρῳ A.R.2.198: metaph., [[lean]] or [[depend upon]] a person or thing, μάρτυρι D.34.28, 47.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[put forward by way of support]], [[allege by way of excuse]], <b class="b3">τὴν βίαν σκήψασ' ἔχεις</b>, = [[σκήπτεις]], E.''Hel.''834:—in this signf. most freq. in Med., [[allege on one's own behalf]], τὸ σκηπτόμενοι οἱ Πέρσαι.. Hdt.5.102; σ. τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι Id.7.28; σκήπτεσθαί τι πρός τινας Th. 6.18, Pl.''Sph.''217b; <b class="b3">σ. ἀσθένειαν</b> [[allege]], [[pretend]] [[illness]], Plb.39.1.11; simply [[pretend]], [[simulate]], <b class="b3">προσποιητὴν χαρὰν σκηψαμένη</b> prob. l. in Ps.Plu. ''Fluv.''16.1: c. inf., [[pretend to be]], ἔμπορος εἶναι σκήψομαι Ar.''Ec.'' 1027, cf. ''Pl.''904, D.6.13, etc.; <b class="b3">σ. εἶναι [φυλῆς τινος]</b> Lys.23.2; καθ' ἥντινα πρόφασιν ἐσκήψατο εἰς θήρας ἰέναι Ant.Lib.41.2: c. acc. et inf., [[allege]] or [[pretend]] that.., σ. [τινὰ] παίζοντα λέγειν Pl.''Tht.''145c, cf. Is. 6.13; σ. τοῦτο, ὡς.. Aeschin.3.242; σ. ὅτι.. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 217d: abs., <b class="b3">σ. ὑπέρ τινος</b> [[make a defence]] for another, Id.''Lg.''864d.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[let fall]] or [[hurl upon]], [[βέλος]] A.''Ag.''366 (anap.): metaph., σ. ἀλάστορα εἴς τινα E.''Med.''1333:—Med., σκήψασθαι κότον τῇ γῇ A.''Eu.''801 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]):—Pass., <b class="b3">τῶν τριήρων.. τῶν σκηφθεισῶν κατὰ χειμῶνα</b> [[which were fallen upon]] (i.e. caught) in the storm, ''IG'' [[l.c.]]<br><span class="bld">2</span> intr., [[fall]], <b class="b3">πέδοι σκήψασα</b> having [[fallen]] on the [[plain]] below, A.''Pr.''749; Διὸς ἔριν πέδοι σκήψασαν Id.''Th.''429; of [[plague]], ὁ [[πυρφόρος]] θεὸς σκήψας ἐλαύνει.. πόλιν S. ''OT''28; <b class="b3">λίμνην ὑπὲρ Γοργῶπιν ἔσκηψεν φάος</b> [[shot down]] across., of the beacon-light, A.''Ag.''302, cf. 308,310.