σκῦλον, τό,
mostly in plural σκῦλα, arms stripped off a slain enemy, spoils, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1428, 1431, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 74, “El.” 7, 1000, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.134, “SIG” 61 (Olympia, 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκῦλα γράφειν to write one's name on arms gained as spoils, which were then dedicated to a deity, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 574; σκῦλ᾽ ἔδειξα Βακχίῳ [prev. author] “Cyc.” 9, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, 3.57 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently in singular, booty, spoil, prey, σκῦλον οἰωνοῖσιν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 897, compare “Rh.” 620, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 64.24; τὰς πτέρυγας.. τῇ Νίκῃ φορεῖν ἔδοσαν,.. σκῦλον ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων 4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 11.9; σκῦλον τὴν ὑπατείαν φέρεσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]