Lexical Definition

‎σκέλος‎ skélos (skel'-os) leg ^G:N-N
apparently from (to parch

leg.

• through the idea of leanness)
• the leg (as lank)

Abbott-Smith

σκέλος, -ους, τό [in LXX for רֶגֶל, etc. ;]
the leg from the hip downwards: Jo 19:31-33 †

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

σκέλος, εος, τό,

leg from the hip downwards, only once in [σκέλος">Refs 8th c.BC+] the ham or buttock, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of dancers, τὸ σ. ῥίψαντες, αἴρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐρανῷ σκέλη προφαίνων, of one thrown head foremost, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος, ὁ κατὰ τοῖν σκελοῖν he with the legs, the strider, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκέλε (i.e. probably σκέλει) δύο [Refs 4th c.BC+]: singular, leg of sacrificial victim, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 as a military phrase, ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, retreat with the face towards the enemy, retire leisurely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 κατὰ σκέλος βαδίζειν, of the lion and the camel, with the hind foot following the fore on the same side (not crosswise), [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 παρὰ σκέλος ἀπαντᾷ it meets one across, i.e. crosses one's path, thwarts one, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, τὰ σ. the legs, i.e. the two long walls connecting Athens with Piraeus, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὰ μακρὰ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of the long walls between Megara and Nisaea, τὰ Μεγαρικὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b side-wall of a temple, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of other structures, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2 side-poles or frames of an engine, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.3 tails of a surgical bandage, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the ends of the Persian head-dress, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.4 members of a sentence, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. (Written σχέλος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]