σκέπας

skepas

covering, shelter

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5443
Book 6 2
Chapter ?

6210
6212
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7282
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12336

Dictionary (LSJ)

σκέπας, gen. -αος Arat. 857: τό: (σκέπω):—A. covering, shelter, Hom., only in Od.; κὰδ δʼ ἄρʼ Ὀδυσσῆʼ εἷσαν ἐπὶ σκέπας placed him in or under shelter, 6.212, cf. 210; σ. ἀνέμοιο shelter from the wind, 5.443, 12.336: abs. in poet. nom. and acc. pl. σκέπᾰ, Hes. Op. 532; σκέπας ὅρμων Lyc. 736; of clothes, χλαίνης λιτὸν σ. AP 9.43 (Parmen.); of the Maced. hat (καυσία), ib.6.335 (Antip. Thess.): pl., ζωσάμενοι σκέπασι λινοῖς Porph. Abst. 4.12 codd. (σκεπάσμασι is prob. l.): metaph. in sg., pretext, pretence, E. Antiop. iv B 2 Arnim.—In Prose commonly σκέπη (q.v.), or σκέπασμα.

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