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σκίπων

σκίπων, a staff

σκίπων, ωνος, ὁ, (σκίμπτομαι)
  • = σκῆπτρον, staff, Hdt. 4.172, E. Hec. 65 (anap.), Cratin. 239, Ar. V. 727; crutch, Hp. Art. 52, IG 42(1).121.111 (Epid., iv B.C.); σ., γεροντικὸν ὅπλον Call. Epigr. 1.7 Pf., cf. Iamb. 1.134.—The form σκίμπων occurs as v.l. in Hdt. l.c., E. l.c., etc.; σκήπων v.l. in AP 6.293 (Leon.), 294 (Phan.), 7.65 (Antip.), Call. Epigr. l.c., etc., recognized also by Hdn. Epim. 127, Theognost. Can. 34.

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