σκόλοψ, οπος, ὁ,
anything pointed: especially pale, stake, κεφαλὴν πῆξαι ἀνὰ σκολόπεσσι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.177; for impaling, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1430, “El.” 898; ἐπὶ σκόλοψι ἀναρτᾶσθαι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 33.15: _plural_ σκόλοπες] Refs 8th c.BC+], palisade, τείχεα.. σκολόπεσσιν ἀρηρότα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.45; frequently in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”, ἐν δὲ [τάφρῳ] σκόλοπας κατέπηξαν 7.441; διά τε σκόλοπας καὶ τάφρον ἔβησαν 8.343, compare 12.63, 15.344; σκόλοπας περὶ τὸ ἕρκος κατέπηξαν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.97, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 116, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.5 (_Attic dialect_ usually σταύρωμα). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 thorn, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 42(1).121.92 (Epid., 4th c.BC), LXX.Num.33.55, +others, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.49, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 122; σκόλοπες φοίνικος “PMag.Osl.” 1.270, +others, cf. NT.2Cor.12.7. ] NT+4th c.BC+]
__3 an instrument for operating on the urethra, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 50.9.4. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 point of a fishing-hook, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II tree, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 983 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]