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σκυλεύω

σκυλεύω, to strip

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ἐσκυλευκώς perfect active participle masculine nominative singular, perfect active participle masculine vocative singular of σκυλεύω

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σκῡλ-εύω,
  • strip or despoil a slain enemy, esp. of his arms (taking off the clothes also is condemned by Pl., R. 469c), not in Hom.; c. acc. pers. et rei, Κύκνον σκυλεύσαντες ἀπʼ ὤμων τεύχεα Hes. Sc. 468; σ. τοὺς τελευτήσαντας πλὴν ὅπλων strip of anything but arms, Pl. l.c.; [ἀμφίσβαιναν] δέρματος Nic. Th. 379: c. acc. pers. only, σ. τοὺς νεκρούς Hdt. 1.82, Th. 4.44, 97, cf. BCH 51.148 (Salamis Cypr.); σ. τὰς πόλεις Plb. 9.10.13.
      • 2 c. acc. rei et gen. pers., strip the arms off an enemy, ὅπλα τῶν πολεμίων σ. Lys. 12.40, cf. X. An. 6.1.6, HG 2.4.19; ἀπὸ τῶν . . νεκρῶν σ. ψέλια κτλ. Hdt. 9.80.

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