σκήπτω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- (to prop), which may be a European substrate term loaned to Indo-European. Cognates include Latin scāpus (stalk), Old English sceaft (shaft), Albanian shkop (stick, scepter),[1] and Old Church Slavonic копиѥ (kopije, spear).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σκήπτω • (skḗptō)

  1. to prop, stay, press one thing against or upon another
    1. (medium, passive voice) to prop oneself or lean upon a staff
    2. (with accusative) to put forward by way of support, allege by way of excuse
  2. to let fall upon, hurl, shoot
    1. (intransitive) to fall

Inflection

Synonyms

  • (hurl): ἐνσκήπτω (enskḗptō) ἐνσκίμπτω (enskímptō), ἐπισκήπτω (episkḗptō)

Derived terms

  • ἀποσκήπτω (aposkḗptō)
  • ἐνσκήπτω (enskḗptō)
  • ἐπισκήπτω (episkḗptō)
  • ἐπίσκηψις (epískēpsis)
  • κατασκήπτω (kataskḗptō)
  • σκᾶπος (skâpos)
  • σκᾶπτον (skâpton)
  • σκηπάνη (skēpánē)
  • σκηπάνιον (skēpánion)
  • σκηπτός (skēptós)
  • σκηπτοῦχος (skēptoûkhos)
  • σκῆπτρον (skêptron)
  • σκῆψις (skêpsis)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σκήπτομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1350

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