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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">prepared skin, hide, leather</b>, also leather objects (Ion.-Att.);<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[diptera]] (<b class="b2">diptera₃</b>) [[leather]] \/[[diphthera]]\/; [[dipteraporo]] \/<b class="b2">diphthera-phoros</b>?\/<br />Derivatives: Diminut. <b class="b3">διφθέριον</b> (Theognost.); <b class="b3">διφθερίς</b> = <b class="b3">διφθέρα</b> (AP); <b class="b3">διφθέρωμα</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Thd.;); <b class="b3">διφθερίας</b> <b class="b2">man in leathern jerkin, landmann etc.</b> (Com.; Chantraine 93); f. <b class="b3">διφθερῖτις</b> (Poll.; Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 114); <b class="b3">διφθεράριος</b> [[pergamentmaker]] (Edict. Diocl. Asin.); <b class="b3">διφθέρινος</b> <b class="b2">made of δ., leathern</b> (X.). - Denomin. <b class="b3">διφθερόομαι</b> <b class="b2">be dressed in hides</b> (Str.). Note <b class="b3">διψάρα δέλτος</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ δε διφθέρα</b> H. (cf Schwyzer 326).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: To <b class="b3">δέφω</b>, <b class="b3">δέψω</b> (de Saussure MSL 7, 91). <b class="b3">ε</b>\/<b class="b3">ι</b> is frequent in Pre-Greek (there was no phoneme [[e]]). <b class="b3">δίψαρα</b> shows typical Pre-Greek variation. Fur. 308, 326. - On Iranian LW [loanword] from <b class="b3">διφθέρα</b>, i.e. NPers. [[daftar]] [[office]], s. Bailey, Trans. Phil. Soc. 1933, 50. From here Lat. [[littera]], perhaps via Etruscan (cf. <b class="b3">διφθεραλοιφός γραμματοδιδάσκαλος παρὰ Κυπρίοις Η</b>.) | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">prepared skin, hide, leather</b>, also leather objects (Ion.-Att.);<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[diptera]] (<b class="b2">diptera₃</b>) [[leather]] \/[[diphthera]]\/; [[dipteraporo]] \/<b class="b2">diphthera-phoros</b>?\/<br />Derivatives: Diminut. <b class="b3">διφθέριον</b> (Theognost.); <b class="b3">διφθερίς</b> = <b class="b3">διφθέρα</b> (AP); <b class="b3">διφθέρωμα</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Thd.;); <b class="b3">διφθερίας</b> <b class="b2">man in leathern jerkin, landmann etc.</b> (Com.; Chantraine 93); f. <b class="b3">διφθερῖτις</b> (Poll.; Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 114); <b class="b3">διφθεράριος</b> [[pergamentmaker]] (Edict. Diocl. Asin.); <b class="b3">διφθέρινος</b> <b class="b2">made of δ., leathern</b> (X.). - Denomin. <b class="b3">διφθερόομαι</b> <b class="b2">be dressed in hides</b> (Str.). Note <b class="b3">διψάρα δέλτος</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ δε διφθέρα</b> H. (cf Schwyzer 326).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: To <b class="b3">δέφω</b>, <b class="b3">δέψω</b> (de Saussure MSL 7, 91). <b class="b3">ε</b>\/<b class="b3">ι</b> is frequent in Pre-Greek (there was no phoneme [[e]]). <b class="b3">δίψαρα</b> shows typical Pre-Greek variation. Fur. 308, 326. - On Iranian LW [loanword] from <b class="b3">διφθέρα</b>, i.e. NPers. [[daftar]] [[office]], s. Bailey, Trans. Phil. Soc. 1933, 50. From here Lat. [[littera]], perhaps via Etruscan (cf. <b class="b3">διφθεραλοιφός γραμματοδιδάσκαλος παρὰ Κυπρίοις Η</b>.) | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[[διφθέρα]], ἡ, <i>n</i> <i>n</i> [[δέφω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[prepared]] [[hide]], tanned [[skin]], [[piece]] of [[leather]], Hdt.; opp. to [[δέρρις]] (an [[undressed]] [[hide]]), Thuc.:— διφθέραι were used for [[writing]]-[[material]] in [[ancient]] times, [[before]] [[papyrus]] came in, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[leathern]] [[garment]] [[such]] as peasants wore, Ar., Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[wallet]], bag, Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in pl. skins used as tents, Xen. | |||
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