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σκηνέω

σκηνέω, to be or dwell in a tent

σκην-έω, Dor. σκᾱνέω (q.v.),
  • to be or dwell in a tent, encamp, also generally, to be quartered or billeted, οἰκίαι . . ἐν αἷς αὐτοὶ ἐσκήνησαν (v.l. -ωσαν, -ουν) Th. 1.89; ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ -οῦντι PSI 4.340.13 (iii B.C.); αἱ κῶμαι ἐν αἷς ἐσκήνουν X. An. 1.4.9; κατὰ ναῦν ἔμελλον οἱ ναῦται -ήσειν Id. HG 5.1.20; ἐσκήνησαν εἰς κώμας went to villages and quartered themselves there, Id. An. 7.7.1; πρὸς τῷ ὄρει -οῦντος Id. HG 4.6.7; ἐν τῷ ὄρει, ἔνθαπερ ἐσκήνουν Id. An. 4.8.25; ἐσκήνουν ἐν τῷ αἰγιαλῷ ib. 6.4.7, etc.; οἴκοι -οῦντας, ἔξω -οῖεν, have oneʼs meals at home, abroad, Id. Lac. 5.2, 15.4: hence, banquet, κατελάμβανον κἀκείνους -οῦντας ἐστεφανωμένους κτλ. Id. An. 4.5.33.—For the Med. forms, v. σκηνάω (σκηνᾶσθαι is certainly found in Pl., and the other Med. forms may belong to it; cf. σκηνόω 1.2).

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