σκανέω

A. 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 one's 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).