λακίς

λᾰκ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,

• rent, rending, Alc. 18.8 (pl.); μὴ . . ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λ. A. Pers. 125 (lyr.); ἐμπίτνω ξὺν λακίδι λίνοισι Id. Supp. 131 (lyr.), cf. 903: freq. in pl., λακίδες ἐσθημάτων, ὑφασμάτων, Id. Pers. 835, Ch. 28 (lyr.); λακίδες πέπλων ragged robes, tatters, Ar. Ach. 423: in late Prose, of the rent or gap made in a ship by the enemyʼs beak, D.S. 13.99, 14.72.

λᾰκίς -ίδος, ἡ [cf. Lat. lacer] tear, rip Aeschl. Pers. 125, Suppl. 120, al. etc. | often pl.: λακίδες … ποικίλων ἐσθημάτων tatters of embroidered clothes Aeschl. Pers. 835; λακίδας αἰτεῖται πέπλων he asks for tattered clothes Aristoph. Ach. 423 | later breach produced in a ship by ramming Diod. 14.72.6, al.

λακίς, ίδος, ἡ, Fetzen, Lappen, Lumpen, ὑφασμάτων, Aesch. Ch. 28 ; λακίδες ἀμφὶ σώματι – ποικίλων ἐσθημάτων Pers. 821 ; das Zerreißen, λακὶς χιτῶνος ἔργον οὐ κατοικτιεῖ Suppl. 880, vgl. 113 ; βυσσίνοις δʼ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς Pers. 123. – Auch in späterer Prosa, von Schiffstrümmern, DS. 14.72 ; Erdriß, 13.99.

λακίς λᾰκίς, ίδος λάσκω

• a rent, rending, Aesch.; in pl., Aesch.; λακίδες πέπλων tatters, Ar.