σκέπη

A. covering, shelter, protection, Hp. VM 16; ς. ἄκαπνος Id. Acut. 65; of clothes, Id.Aër. 8; of arms, Plb. 6.22.3, etc.; of the flesh as the covering of bones, Ti.Locr. 100b; of the hair, σκέπης χάριν αἱ τρίχες Arist. PA 658a18; δεῖσθαι σκέπης ib.20; ς. δερματική Id. GA 719b4; ς. φλοιῶτις,= φλοιός, Lyc. 1422.

II. shelter, protection, τὰ δεόμενα σκέπης the parts of the body needing protection, X. Mem. 3.10.9; σκιὰν καὶ ς. παρέχειν Pl. Ti. 76d; ἐν σκέπῃ εἶναι Arist. PA 689b29; ς. ἔχειν D.S. 5.65.

2. c. gen., ς. πνευμάτων shelter from them, Hp. Aër. 3; so ἐν σκέπῃ τοῦ πολέμου Hdt. 7.172,215; τοῦ φόβου Id. 1.143; τοῦ κρύους Ael. NA 9.57: but ὑποστέλλειν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὸ τὴν Ῥωμαίων ς. under their protection, Plb. 1.16.10; ὄντα αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ σκέπην being under his protection, PTeb. 34.12 (ii/i B.C.); ἀντέχεσθαι τῆς σῆς ς. ib.40.9 (ii B.C.); ἔξω ἱεροῦ . . καὶ πάσης ς. Sammelb. 5680.19 (iii B.C.), cf. PHib. 1.93.5 (iii B.C.).