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σκευάζω σκεῦος

I.to prepare, make ready, esp. to prepare or dress food, Hdt., Ar.; σκ. ἔκ τινος περικόμματα to make mincemeat of him, Ar.:—Mid. to prepare for oneself, Eur., Plat.
2.generally to make ready, Hhymn.; σκ. ἡδονάς to provide, procure, Plat.:—Mid., like μηχανάομαι, to contrive, bring about, Hdt.
II.of persons, to furnish, supply:—Pass., σιτίοισι εὖ ἐσκευασμένος id=Hdt.; ποταμοῖσι Σκύθαι ἐσκευάδαται id=Hdt.
2.to dress up, dress out, id=Hdt., Ar., etc.:— Pass., ἐσκευασμένοι fully accoutred, Thuc.; of things, τὰ προπύλαια τύποισι ἐσκευάδαται are decorated with figures, Hdt.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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