σκίπων

A. = σκῆπτρον, staff, Hdt. 4.172, E. Hec. 65 (anap.), Cratin. 239, Ar. V. 727; crutch, Hp. Art. 52, IG 42(1).121.111 (Epid., iv B.C.); ς., γεροντικὸν ὅπλον Call. Epigr. 1.7, cf. Iamb. 1.134.—The form σκίμπων occurs as v.l. in Hdt. l.c., E. l.c., etc.; σκήπων v.l. in AP 6.293 (Leon.), 294 (Phan.), 7.65 (Antip.), Call. Epigr.l.c., etc., recognized also by Hdn. Epim. 127, Theognost. Can. 34.