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ἀσκός

ἀσκός, a leathern-bag, a wine-skin

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ἀσκοῖσιν masculine dative plural of ἀσκός

ἀσκοῖσιν present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural of ἀσκέω

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ἀσκός, ὁ,
  • skin, hide, PFay. 121.9 (i/ii A. D.); but usually, skin made into a bag, esp. wineskin, οἶνον . . ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ Il. 3.247, Od. 6.78; ἀσκὸν . . μέλανος οἴνοιο 5.265, 9.196; ἀσκὸς βοός, of the bag in which Aeolus bottled up the winds, Od. 10.19, cf. 45, 57; ἀσκοὺς καμήλων skins of camelʼs hide, Hdt. 3.9; ἀ. Μαρσύεω bag made from the skin of Marsyas, Id. 7.26; ἀ. ἀφύσητος Hp. Art. 47; εἴ μοι ἡ δορὰ μὴ εἰς ἀσκὸν τελευτήσει ὥσπερ ἡ Μαρσύου Pl. Euthd. 285c; ἀσκοῖς καὶ θυλάκοις X. An. 6.4.23, cf. Th. 4.26; ἀσκοὶ πεφυσαμένοι, of mankind, Epich. 246; ἄνθρωποι κενεῆς οἰήσιος ἔμπλεοι ἀ. Timo 11; ἀσκός, of the human skin, Ph. 2.462.
      • 2 paunch, belly, Archil. 72; in oracular language, E. Med. 679, Plu. Thes. 3.
      • 3 bellows, Plb. 21.28.15, Ath. 10.456d.
      • 4 bagpipes, Gal. 4.459.
      • 5 prov., wineskin, of a toper, Antiph. 19: prov., ἀεί ποτʼ εὖ μὲν ἀ. εὖ δὲ θύλακος ἅνθρωπός ἐστι Alex. 85; "ἀσκός, πέλεκυς" in a childʼs game, Thphr. Char. 5.5; ἀσκὸν δείρειν flay alive, hence, abuse, maltreat, Ar. Nu. 442:—Pass., ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι Sol. 33.7.

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