σκιρτ-άω,
Ionic dialect σκιρτ-έω [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.342:] Refs 3rd c.AD+] — _frequentative verb_ of σκαίρω, spring, leap, bound, of young horses, αἱ δ᾽ ὅτε μὲν σκιρτῷεν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν.., ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ σ. ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.226, 228; πῶλοι ἐσκίρτων φόβῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1125 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of goats, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.152 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the Bacchae, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 446; ὀρχεῖσθε καὶ σ. καὶ χορεύετε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 761, compare “V.” 1305 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅλλεσθαι καὶ σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 653e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also of wind, σκιρτᾷ δ᾽ ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1085 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, to be skittish, unruly, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 362.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 571c, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]