σκώψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, gen. [[σκωπός]], nom. pl. [[σκῶπες]], a small kind of<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[owl]] ([[γλαῦξ]] being the generic name), [[the little horned owl]], [[Strix scops]], Od.5.66, Epich.166, Theoc.1.136, cf. Arist.''HA''592b11, 617b31.<br><span class="bld">2</span> a [[dance]] in which the [[dancer]]s [[mimic]]ked an [[owl]], Ael.''NA''15.28, Poll.4.103, Ath.9.391a, 14.629f:—in the last place it is explained (as if = [[σκοπός]]) of [[shading the eyes with the hand]] so as to see better; so also [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[σκωπευμάτων]]: cf. [[ὑπόσκοπος]].<br><span class="bld">3</span> a kind of [[fish]], Nic.''Fr.''18. (In Ael. [[l.c.]], Ath.9.391a, b, [[σκώπτω]] (as if = [[mimic]]) is expld. fr. [[σκώψ]], the owl being captured by means of its tendency to [[mimic]] one who danced in front of it; other explanations in Sch.Theoc.1.136.)