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σκέπας

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκέπας σκέπαος

Structure: σκεπα (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ske/pw

Sense

  1. a covering, shelter, shelter, shelter

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ Ἐλπὶσ τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου ἀφανὴσ ἀποπτέσθω, καὶ μηκέτι καθ’ οὓσ εἰσῆλθε τοὺσ χρυσοῦσ θυρῶνασ, ἔκ τινοσ δὲ ἀποστρόφου καὶ λεληθυίασ ἐξόδου ἐξωθείσθω γυμνὸσ προγάστωρ ὠχρὸσ γέρων, τῇ ἑτέρᾳ μὲν τὴν αἰδῶ σκέπων, τῇ δεξιᾷ δὲ αὐτὸσ ἑαυτὸν ἄγχων. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 42:9)
  • διὰ τοῦτο μένω καὶ ἀνέχομαι λούων τὸ δύστηνον τοῦτο σωμάτιον, χορτάζων, σκέπων· (Epictetus, Works, book 0 22:11)

Synonyms

  1. a covering

Related

Similar forms

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

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