σκυλμός

A. rending, mangling, Sch.Il. 17.62.

2. irritation, of purgatives or plasters, Sor. 2.41,42, Archig. ap. Orib. 8.2.8, Orib. Fr. 74.

3. annoyance, vexation, freq. in pl., LXX 3 Ma. 3.25, 4.6, Artem. 2.30, Man. 4.364, Ptol. Tetr. 206, Petos. ap. Vett.Val. 96.6; of a lover's violence, AP 5.198 (Hedyl.): sg., PTeb. 41.7 (ii B.C.), PFay. 111.5 (i A.D.), al., Vett.Val. 180.7.

4. expenditure of effort, trouble, POxy. 941.5 (vi A.D.).