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δέρρις

δέρρις, a leathern covering

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δέρριν Noun: feminine accusative singular of δέρρις

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δέρρις, εως, ἡ, (Att. form of *δέρσις, cf. δέρω)
  • skin, δ. τριχίνη LXX Za. 13.4, cf. AP 12.33 (Mel.).
    • II leathern covering, of a jerkin, Eup. 328; of a curtain, Pl.Com. 240, Myrtil. 1.
    • III in pl. (sg., Ph. Bel. 95.34), screens of skin or hide, hung before fortifications to deaden the enemyʼs missiles, Th. 2.75, Cic. Att. 4.19.1, D.S. 20.9, Apollod. Poliorc. 142.2, Polyaen. 3.11.13: generally, curtain, LXX Ex. 26.7, al., IG 5(1).1390.35 (Andania, i B. C.).

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