silence σῑγ-ή, Doric dialect σιγά, ἡ, silence, σ. ἔχειν keep silence, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ποιήσασθαι make silence, [[ [prev. author] 6.130; παρέχειν 5th c.BC:
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silence σῑγ-ή, Doric dialect σιγά, ἡ, silence, σ. ἔχειν keep silence, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ποιήσασθαι make silence, [[ [prev. author] 6.130; παρέχειν 5th c.BC:
scatter, disperse σκεδάννῡμι, Thphr. CP 3.6.4 , etc.:—alsoσκεδάω, Nic. Al. 583 :fut. σκεδάσω [ᾰ] Thgn. 883 (ἀπο-), J. BJ 4.9.6 , Plu. Cor. 12 , etc.; Att. A. σκεδῶ A. Pr. 25 , 925 , (ἀπο-) S. OT 1
leg σκέλος,εος,τό, A. legfrom the hip downwards, only once in Hom. ,πρυμνὸν σκέλοςthe ham or buttock, Il. 16.314 ; κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι ς. ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα Hdt. 3.103
leg σκέλος, εος, τό, leg from the hip downwards, only once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, πρυμνὸν σκέλος] Refs 8th c.BC+] the ham or buttock, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.314; κάμηλ
hard σκῖρος,ὁ, A. hard(perh.chalk) land overgrown with bushes, scrub, Tab.Heracl. 1.19 ;τῶν ξύλων . . τῶν ἐν τοῖς ς. ib. 144 ; = πυρρώδης (ῥυπώδηςcj. Mein.)γῆacc. to Philet. ap. Hsch. ;σκ[ε]ίρα(leg.
anything pointed σκόλοψ,οπος,ὁ, A. anything pointed: esp.pale, stake, κεφαλὴν πῆξαι ἀνὰ σκολόπεσσι Il. 18.177 ; for impaling, E. IT 1430 , El. 898 ; ἐπὶ σκόλοψι ἀναρτᾶσθαι D.S. 33.15 : pl.σκόλοπε
to scatter σκορπίζω [in LXX for פּוּץ hi., etc. ;] in vernac. and in Ion, and late writers for σκεδάννυμι (see MM, xxiii; Rutherford, NPhr., 295), to scatter: ὁ λύκος, Jhn.10:12; ὁ μὴ συνάγων μετ᾽ ἐ
darkness, gloom σκότος,ὁ, more rarelyσκότος,εος , τό(v. sub fin.), A. darkness, gloom, Od. 19.389 , Emp. 121.4 , Pi. Fr. 142 , etc.; opp.φάος, A. Ch. 319 (lyr.), E. Hipp. 417 , etc.; opp.ἡμέρα, Pl. D
darkness σκότος, ὁ, more rarely σκότος, εος, τό (see. entry near the end), darkness, gloom, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.389, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 121.4, 5th c.B
stick σκῠτᾰλ-ίς,ίδος,ἡ, Dim. of σκυτάλη, A. stick, Hdt. 4.60 . 2. = σκυτάλιον 1.3 , esp. as used by fishermen for drawing the net to land, Ael. NA 12.43 . 3. = σκυτάλη 1.2 , J. AJ 3.6.3 . 4.
wipe σμάω,3 sg. contr. σμῇ(ἐπι-) Cratin. 90 , Ar. Th. 389 ;inf. A. σμῆν Luc. Lex. 3 ;3 sg. Pass. σμῆται Antiph. 148.4 ; but in Ion. and late Proseσμᾷ, σμᾶται, Hdt. 9.110 , Luc. Anach. 29 (ἀπ
scare away σοβ-έω, A. scare awaybirds, ἡμεῖς δὲ . ., οὐ σοβοῦντος οὐδενὸς ἀνεπτόμεσθ' Ar. Av. 34 ;ἐπειδὴ τουτονὶ σεσοβήκαμεν(just above he had been calledστροῦθος) Id. V. 211 ; ς. τὰς ἀλεκτρυόνας
rare, scarce, scanty σπᾰ́ν-ιος,α,ον(alsoος,ον Arist. HA 608b21 , Thphr. Lap. 3 , Plb. 4.16.3 , etc.), of persons and things, A. rare, scarce, scanty, Hdt. 2.67 , 5.29 , etc.;ς. θήρευμα . . λαβεῖν a
sparingly σπᾰν-ιος, α, ον (also ος, ον [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 608b21, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 3, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.16.3,
sow σπείρω, Aeol. σπέρρωSch.D.T. p.117 H., EM 300.19 : Ion. impf. A. σπείρεσκον Hdt. 4.42 :fut. σπερῶ E. El. 79 , Pl. Phdr. 276d ; Aeol. σπέρσωSch. E. Hec. 202 :aor. ἔσπειρα A. Th. 754 (l
to sow σπείρω, Aeolic dialect σπέρρω[[ Scholia 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus p.117 H., “Etymologicum Magnum” 300.19 ] Refs]: Ionic dialect imperfect σπείρεσκον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historic
σπεύδω , Ep. inf. σπευδέμεν Od. 24.324 : fut. σπεύσω E. Med. 153 (lyr.), Ar. Eq. 926 , etc.; Cret. σπευσίω SIG 527.42 (iii B.C.) : aor. ἔσπευσα E. Supp. 161 , Pl. Cri. 45c , etc.; Ep. σπεῦσα Od. 9.250
to hasten σπεύδω, Epic dialect infinitive σπευδέμεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.324 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future σπεύσω [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 153 (Lyric poetry), 5
σπουδάζω , S. OC 1143 , Ar. Pax 471 (lyr.), etc.: Att. fut. -άσομαι Pl. Euthphr. 3e , D. 21.213 , later -άσω Plb. 3.5.8 , D.S. 1.58 , etc.: aor. ἐσπούδασα E. HF 507 , Pl. Phd. 114e : pf. ἐσπούδακα Ar.
be eager σπουδάζω, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1143, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 471 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: Attic dialectfuture -άσομαι[[ 5th-6th c
walk, march, go στείχω, Il. 2.287 , Alc. 19 , A. Th. 467 , etc.; alsoστίχω, Hdt. 3.14 , Hsch. ;subj. A. στίχῃ Hdt. 1.9 ( v.l. στείχῃ ): Ep. impf. στεῖχον Il. 9.86 , etc.:aor. 1 ἔστειξα(only in
to avoid στέλλω [in LXX (mid.): Mal.2:5 (חָתַת ni.), Pro.31:24 (26), Wis.7:14 14:1, 2Ma.5:1, 3Ma.1:19 3Mac 4:11 * ;] __1. prop., to set, place, arrange, fit out; hence, mid., to set oneself for, pre
narrowness στενό-της, Ion. στειν-,ητος,ἡ, A. narrowness, Ἑλλήσποντον, ἐόντα στεινότητα μὲν ἑπτὰ σταδίους Hdt. 4.85 (-ότητι, -ότατα, -ότατονcodd.);τῇ τοῦ λιμένος ς. Th. 7.62 , cf. 4.24 ; θώρηκος -ό
breast, chest στέρνον,τό, A. breast, chest, in Hom. both in sg. and pl., always of males (στῆθοςbeing used of both sexes), βάλε δουρὶ ς. ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο Il. 4.528 , cf. 2.479 , etc.; κρήδεμνον ὑπὸ στέρ