σκέπαρν-ον,τό, orσκέπαρνος,ὁ(the Homeric passages and LXX 1 Ch. 20.3 , Is. 44.12 , leave the gender uncertain, masc. in Hp. Art. 35 , S. Fr. 797 , PCair.Zen. 753.33
(iii B.C.); later mostly neut., Peripl.M.Rubr. 6 , AP 6.205 ( Leon. ), Luc. JConf. 11 , Poll. 10.146 , cf. Phot. ):—
A. carpenter's axe, adze, for hewing and smoothing the trunks of trees, different from theπέλεκυς(felling-axe or hatchet), Od. 5.237 , 9.391 ;ἀμφίξουν APl.c.
II. from alikeness in the shape,a slightly oblique surgical bandage, Hp. Off. 7 (neut.): but masc. in pl., [ἐπίδεσις] πλείστους σκεπάρνους ἔχουσαwith manyoblique turns, Id. Art. 35 .
III. used, as a sort of pun, of asheepskin, as ifσκέπ-αρνον, Dionys.Trag. 12 , cf. Sch.D.T. p.11 H., interpol. in Artem. 4.22 . [ Hom. does not lengthen a short vowel beforeσκ-, cf.Σκάμανδρος.]