σκώψ

σκώψ, ὁ, gen. σκωπός, nom. pl. σκῶπες,

• a small kind of owl (γλαῦξ being the generic name), the little horned owl, Strix scops, Od. 5.66, Epich. 166, Theoc. 1.136, cf. Arist. HA 592b11, 617b31.
• • • 2 a dance in which the dancers mimicked an owl, Ael. NA 15.28, Poll. 4.103, Ath. 9.391a, 14.629f:—in the last place it is explained (as if = σκοπός) of shading the eyes with the hand so as to see better; so also Hsch. s.v. σκωπευμάτων: cf. ὑπόσκοπος.
    • 3 a kind of fish, Nic. Fr. 18. (In Ael. l.c., Ath. 9.391a, b, σκώπτω (as if = mimic) is expld. fr. σκώψ, the owl being captured by means of its tendency to mimic one who danced in front of it; other explanations in Sch. Theoc. 1.136.)

σκώψ, σκωπός, ὁ,
1) eine Eulenart, vielleicht der Kauz, Od. 5.66 u. Sp., wie Ep.adesp. 468 (IX.380); nach Einigen von σκώπτω, wegen der spaßhaften Gestalt, nach Anderen von σκέπτομαι, wegen der großen Glotzaugen.
2) ein lustiger Tanz, bei dem man die Gebehrden der Eule nachmacht ; Poll. 4.14 ; Ael. H.A. 15.28 ; – bei Ath. XIV.629e neben σκώπευμα, wo er erkl. ἦν δὲ ὁ σκὼψ τῶν ἀποσκοπούντων τὸ σχῆμα, ἄκραν τὴν χεῖρα ὑπὲρ τοῦ μετώπου κεκυρτωκότων.

σκώψ

σκωπός.

Some kind of owl Od. 5.66.

σκώψ , σκωπός: horned owl, Od. 5.66†.

σκώψ σκώπτω

• a small kind of owl, Od., Theocr.