σκιρτάω

skirtao

spring, leap, bound

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book II 1
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653e2
Book IV 1
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716b2
Phaedrus 1
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254a4
Republic 1
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Book IX 1
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571c6

Dictionary (LSJ)

σκιρτάω, Ion. σκιρτ-έω Opp. C. 4.342:—Frequentat. of σκαίρω, A. spring, leap, bound, of young horses, αἱ δʼ ὅτε μὲν σκιρτῷεν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν . ., ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ σ. ἐπʼ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης Il. 20.226,228; πῶλοι ἐσκίρτων φόβῳ E. Ph. 1125; of goats, Theoc. 1.152; of the Bacchae, E. Ba. 446; ὀρχεῖσθε καὶ σ. καὶ χορεύετε Ar. Pl. 761, cf.V. 1305; ἅλλεσθαι καὶ σ. Pl. Lg. 653e: also of wind, σκιρτᾷ δʼ ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων A. Pr. 1085 (anap.). 2. metaph., to be skittish, unruly, E. Fr. 362.31, Pl. R. 571c, etc.

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