σκυλεύω

A. strip or despoil a slain enemy, esp. of his arms (taking off the clothes also is condemned by Pl. R. 469c), not in Hom.; c. acc. pers. et rei, Κύκνον σκυλεύσαντες ἀπ’ ὤμων τεύχεα Hes. Sc. 468; ς. τοὺς τελευτήσαντας πλὴν ὅπλων strip of anything but arms, Pl. l.c.; [ἀμφίσβαιναν] δέρματος Nic. Th. 379: c. acc. pers. only, ς. τοὺς νεκρούς Hdt. 1.82, Th. 4.44,97, cf. BCH 51.148 (Salamis Cypr.); ς. τὰς πόλεις Plb. 9.10.13.

2. c. acc. rei et gen. pers., strip the arms off an enemy, ὅπλα τῶν πολεμίων ς. Lys. 12.40, cf. X. An. 6.1.6, HG 2.4.19; ἀπὸ τῶν . . νεκρῶν ς. ψέλια κτλ. Hdt. 9.80.