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φορίνη

φορίνη, skin

φορίνη [ῑ], ἡ,
  • skin or hide of pachydermatous animals, esp. of swine, Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 50, Ath. 9.381c, etc.; of the rhinoceros, Ael. NA 17.44; of the ox, Eust. 1915.13; of the chamaeleon, Ael. NA 4.33; of the tortoiseʼs shell, dub. in S. Ichn. 303: also of human skin, Antipho Soph. 33, Aristomen. 10; metaph., φ. παχεῖαν φέρων ‘thick-skinned’, Plu. Adul. 2.57a.
    • II fat, νενημένην χοῖρον πολλῆς φ. Herod. 4.16.

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