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σκέλος

σκέλος, the leg

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σκέλεα Noun: neuter nominative plural, Noun: neuter vocative plural, Noun: neuter accusative plural of σκέλος

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σκέλος, εος, τό,
  • leg from the hip downwards, only once in Hom., πρυμνὸν σκέλος the ham or buttock, Il. 16.314; κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σ. ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα Hdt. 3.103, cf. 7.61, 88; τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας Pl. Phdr. 254e, cf. Arist. HA 494a4; of dancers, τὸ σ. ῥίψαντες, αἴρειν, Ar. Pax 332, Ec. 265; σ. οὐράνιον ἐκλακτίζων Id. V. 1492, cf. 1526; οὐρανῷ σκέλη προφαίνων, of one thrown head foremost, S. El. 753; βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφʼ ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους, Pl. Smp. 190d; ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος, ὁ κατὰ τοῖν σκελοῖν he with the legs, the strider, Ar. Pax 241 (but expld. by Sch. ἀπὸ τῶν διὰ δειλίαν ἀποτιλώντων, cf. Men. Per. 18); dual, τὼ σκέλει Ar. Pax 325, al., cf. Luc. Tim. 26, Anach. 1; σκέλε (i.e. prob. σκέλει) δύο IG 2(2).1388.24, cf. 1502.5; but σκέλη (pl.) δύο in Att. Inscrr. from 390 B.C., ib. 1425.15, cf. 57, etc.; and so τὰ σ. Luc. Ind. 9: sg., leg of sacrificial victim, IG 1(2).190.32, al.,4(2)(1).40.10 (Epid., v B.C.).
      • 2 as a military phrase, ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, retreat with the face towards the enemy, retire leisurely, E. Ph. 1400, Ar. Av. 383; cf. πούς 1.6b.
      • 3 κατὰ σκέλος βαδίζειν, of the lion and the camel, with the hind foot following the fore on the same side (not crosswise), Arist. HA 498b7, cf. 629b14.
      • 4 παρὰ σκέλος ἀπαντᾷ it meets one across, i.e. crosses oneʼs path, thwarts one, Arr. Epict. 2.12.2 (v.l. π. μέλος).
    • II metaph., τὰ σ. the legs, i.e. the two long walls connecting Athens with Piraeus, Str. 9.1.15, Plu. Cim. 13; τὰ μακρὰ σ. D.S. 13.107, Plu. Lys. 14; of the long walls between Megara and Nisaea, τὰ Μεγαρικὰ σ. Ar. Lys. 1170; between Corinth and Lechaeum, Str. 8.6.22.
        • b side-wall of a temple, SIG 247 K 1 iii 3, 11 (Delph., iv B.C.); of other structures, PPetr. 3 p.88 (iii B.C.), etc.
      • 2 side-poles or frames of an engine, Orib. 49.4.4.
      • 3 tails of a surgical bandage, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.20.5; of the ends of the Persian head-dress, Plu. Praec. 2.820d.
      • 4 members of a sentence, Sch.rec. A. Th. 94. (Written σχέλος IG ΙΙ(2).161 B 61 (Delos, iii B.C.).)

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