a covering, shelter, protection , (Xenophon Historicus):—;with genitive, ἐν σκέπῃ τοῦ πολέμου under shelter from war, (Herdotus Historicus); ὑπὸ τὴν Ῥωμαίων σκέπην under their protection , (Polybius Historicus) (ML)