skin

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substantive

of men: Ar. and V. χρώς, ὁ (rare P.), χροιά, ἡ, P. τὸ ἔξωθεν σῶμα (Thuc. 2, 49).

of an animal, hide: P. and V. δέρμα, τό, βύρσα, ἡ, δορά, ἡ (Plato), V. δέρος, τό, δέρας, τό, ῥινός, ἡ (Euripides, Rhesus).

dressed skins: P. and V. διφθέραι, αἱ (Euripides, Fragment).

undressed skins: P. δέρρεις, αἱ.

shield of hide: Ar. ῥινός, ἡ.

garment of skins: V. σισυρνώδης στόλος, ὁ (Sophocles, Fragment).

garment of goat-skin: Ar. and P. διφθέρα, ἡ.

skin for holding wine: P. and V. ἀσκός, ὁ.

skin of a serpent: V. χιτών, ὁ (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 288).

escape with a whole skin: see with impunity, under impunity.

verb transitive

Ar. and P. δέρειν, ἀποδέρειν ( Xen.), ἐκδέρειν (Plato, Euthydemus, 301. d.), absol. also, V. βύρσαν ἐκδέρειν (Euripides, Electra 824).