Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σκεπανός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκεπανός σκεπανή σκεπανόν

Structure: σκεπαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ske/pw

Sense

  1. sheltered or sheltering

Examples

  • οὐ γάρ σοι σκεπανή τισ ὑφόρμισισ, οὔτε βόρειον ἐσ κλίτοσ, οὔτ’ ἀγὴν κύματοσ ἐσ νοτίην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 699 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. sheltered or sheltering

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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