I.a town in Mysia, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122.—Hence, Scēp-sĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Scepsis: “Metrodorus,” of Scepsis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 59; Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34; “also called simply Scepsius,” Ov. P. 4, 14, 38.
Scēpsis , is, f., = Σκῆψις,