σκῡλ-εύω,
A. stripordespoil 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 ἀπ' ὤμων τεύχεα
Hes. Sc. 468
;ς. τοὺς τελευτήσαντας πλὴν ὅπλων stripof 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.,stripthe armsoffan 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 .