Liddell–Scott–Jones: σκέλος

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leg

σκέλος,εος,τό,

A. legfrom the hip downwards, only once in Hom. ,πρυμνὸν σκέλοςthe ham or buttock, Il. 16.314 ; κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι ς. ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα

Hdt. 3.103

, cf. 7.61 , 88 ; τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας

Pl. Phdr. 254e

, cf. Arist. HA 494a4 ; of dancers,τὸ ς. ῥίψαντες, αἴρειν, Ar. Pax 332 , Ec. 265 ; ς. οὐράνιον ἐκλακτίζων

Id. V. 1492

, cf. 1526 ;οὐρανῷ σκέλη προφαίνων, of one thrown head foremost, S. El. 753 ;βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφ' ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους, Pl. Smp. 190d ;ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος, ὁ κατὰ τοῖν σκελοῖνhewith the legs, the strider, Ar. Pax 241 (but expld. by Sch.ἀπὸ τῶν διὰ δειλίαν ἀποτιλώντων, cf. Men. Per. 18 ); dual, τὼ σκέλει

Ar. Pax 325

,al., cf. Luc. Tim. 26 , Anach. 1 ;σκέλε(i.e. prob.σκέλει) δύο

IG 22.1388.24

, cf. 1502.5 ; butσκέλη(pl.)δύοin Att. Inscrr. from 390 B.C., ib. 1425.15 , cf. 57 , etc.; and so τὰ ς.

Browse lexicon entries

Luc. Ind. 9

: sg.,legof sacrificial victim, IG 12.190.32 , al., 42(1).40.10 (Epid.,v B.C.).

2. as a military phrase,ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, retreat with the face towards the enemy, retire leisurely, E. Ph. 1400 , Ar. Av. 383 ; cf. πούς

1.6b

.

3. κατὰ σκέλος βαδίζειν, of the lion and the camel,with the hind foot following the fore on the same side(not crosswise), Arist. HA 498b7 , cf. 629b14 .

4. παρὰ σκέλος ἀπαντᾷit meets oneacross, i.e. crosses one's path, thwarts one, Arr. Epict. 2.12.2 ( v.l. π. μέλος ).

II. metaph.,τὰ ς.thelegs, i.e. thetwo long wallsconnecting Athens with Piraeus, Str. 9.1.15 , Plu. Cim. 13 ;τὰ μακρὰ ς. D.S. 13.107 , Plu. Lys. 14 ; of the long walls between Megara and Nisaea,τὰ Μεγαρικὰ ς. Ar. Lys. 1170 ; between Corinth and Lechaeum, Str. 8.6.22 .

b. side-wallof a temple, SIG 247

K 1 iii 3 , 11 (Delph.,iv B.C.); of other structures, PPetr. 3p.88

(iii B.C.), etc.

2. side-polesorframes of an engine, Orib. 49.4.4 .

3. tails of a surgical bandage, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.20.5 ; of theendsof the Persian head-dress, Plu. 2.820d .

4. membersof a sentence, Sch.rec. A. Th. 94 . (Writtenσχέλος

IG 11(2).161

B 61 (Delos,iii B.C.).)

References

Hom.
Il. 16.314
Hdt. 3.103
7.61
88
Pl. Phdr. 254e
Arist. HA 494a4
Ar. Pax 332
Ec. 265
Id. V. 1492
1526
S. El. 753
Pl. Smp. 190d
Ar. Pax 241
Men. Per. 18
Ar. Pax 325
Luc. Tim. 26
Anach. 1
IG 22.1388.24
1502.5
390
1425.15
57
Luc. Ind. 9
IG 12.190.32
42(1).40.10
E. Ph. 1400
Ar. Av. 383
1.6b
Arist. HA 498b7
629b14
Arr. Epict. 2.12.2
Str. 9.1.15
Plu. Cim. 13
D.S. 13.107
Plu. Lys. 14
Ar. Lys. 1170
Str. 8.6.22
SIG 247
K 1 iii 3
11
PPetr. 3p.88
Orib. 49.4.4
Heliod.
Orib. 48.20.5
Plu. 2.820d
A. Th. 94
IG 11(2).161
B 61

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