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σκευωρ-έομαι , aor.
A.“ἐσκευωρησάμην” D.45.47: pf. “ἐσκευώρημαι” Id.32.9, 11:—Act. “σκευωρέω” Ph.2.569; and pf. ἐσκευώρημαι in pass. sense, D.45.5:—prop. look after the baggage or utensils (σκεύη), but only found in general sense, inspect, examine thoroughly, “τοὺς τάφους” Str.16.1.11; ς. τὴν Πομπηΐου οἰκίαν ransack it, Plu.Caes.51, cf. Cam. 32,2.587f.
II. contrive, manage, fabricate, D.32.9,11,45.47, 46.17, Diog.Oen.24; with a sense of fraud or intrigue, “τἀν Πελοποννήσῳ” D.9.17; ς. ὑποκρίσεις contrive dramatic effects, Plu.2.711e.
III. intr., ς. περὶ τὰς νεοττιάς to be busy about them, Arist.HA619a24.
2. act knavishly, “περί τι” D.17.20.
3. abs., plagiarize, D.L.2.61.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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