δέρρις
τούτων γάρ ἑκάτερον κοινῷ ὀνόματι προσαγορεύεται ζῷον, καί ὁ λόγος δέ τῆς οὐσίας ὁ αὐτός → and these are univocally so named, inasmuch as not only the name, but also the definition, is the same in both cases (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a8-10)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (Att. form of Δέρσις, cf. δέρω)
A skin, δ. τριχίνη LXX Za.13.4, cf. AP12.33 (Mel.). II leathern covering, of a jerkin, Eup.328; of a curtain, Pl.Com.240, Myrtil.1. III in pl. (sg., Ph.Bel.95.34), screens of skin or hide, hung before fortifications to deaden the enemy's missiles, Th.2.75, Cic.Att.4.19.1, D.S.20.9, Apollod.Poliorc.142.2, Polyaen.3.11.13: generally, curtain, LXXEx. 26.7, al., IG5(1).1390.35 (Andania, i B. C.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δέρρις: -εως, ἡ, (δέρος) βύρσινον κάλυμμα ἢ ἐπένδυμα, Εὔπολ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 39, Πλάτ. Κωμ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 35·- κατὰ πληθ., παραπετάσματα ἐκ δορῶν κρεμάμενα πρὸ τῶν ὀχυρωμάτων, ὅπως ἐξασθενῶσι τῶν ἐχθρικῶν βελῶν τὴν δύναμιν, ὡς τὸ Ρωμ. cilicia, Θουκ. 2. 75 (ἔνθα δέρρεις εἶναι καθόλου δέρματα, διφθέραι δὲ κατειργασμένα δέρματα).
