σκῡλ-εύω,
strip or despoil a slain enemy, especially of his arms (taking off the clothes also is condemned by [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, “R.” 469c), not in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus; with _accusative_ _person_ et _of things_, Κύκνον σκυλεύσαντες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων τεύχεα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 468 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. τοὺς τελευτήσαντας πλὴν ὅπλων strip of anything but arms, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus [same place]; [ἀμφίσβαιναν] δέρματος 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 379: with _accusative_ _person_ only, σ. τοὺς νεκρούς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44, 97, compare “BCH” 51.148 (Salamis 5th c.AD: Cypria); σ. τὰς πόλεις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.10.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative of things et genitive person, strip the arms off an enemy, ὅπλα τῶν πολεμίων σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.40, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.6, “HG” 2.4.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῶν.. νεκρῶν σ. ψέλια κτλ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.80. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]