σκόλοψ: Difference between revisions

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