ταυρεία
From LSJ
κρῖναι δὲ λόγῳ πολύδηριν ἔλεγχον ἐξ ἐμέθεν ῥηθέντα → judge by reason the too much contested argument which has been given by me
English (LSJ)
(sc. δορά), ἡ,
A bull's hide, ox-hide, hence, 1 a kind of drum covered with skin, Gp.14.25.3 (unless in sense 2). 2 whip of ox-hide, Artem.1.70, Phot. s.v. μάραγνα.