A.arms stripped off a slain enemy, spoils, S.Ph.1428, 1431, E.IT74, El.7, 1000, Th.4.134, SIG61 (Olympia, v B.C.); σκῦλα γράφειν to write one's name on arms gained as spoils, which were then dedicated to a deity, E.Ph.574; “σκῦλ᾽ ἔδειξα Βακχίῳ” Id.Cyc.9, cf. Th.2.13, 3.57: less freq. in sg., booty, spoil, prey, “σκῦλον οἰωνοῖσιν” E.El.897, cf.Rh.620, D.Chr.64.24; “τὰς πτέρυγας . . τῇ Νίκῃ φορεῖν ἔδοσαν, . . σκῦλον ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων” Aristopho 11.9; “σκῦλον τὴν ὑπατείαν φέρεσθαι” Plu.Mar.9.
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σκῦλον , τό, mostly in pl. σκῦλα,