φορίνη

English (LSJ)

[ῑ], ἡ,

   A skin or hide of pachydermatous animals, esp. of swine, Hp.Acut.(Sp.)50, Ath.9.381c, etc.; of the rhinoceros, Ael. NA17.44; of the ox, Eust.1915.13; of the chamaeleon, Ael.NA4.33; of the tortoise's shell, dub. in S.Ichn.303: also of human skin, Antipho Soph.33, Aristomen. 10; metaph., φ. παχεῖαν φέρων 'thick-skinned', Plu.2.57a.    II fat, νενημένην χοῖρον πολλῆς φ. Herod. 4.16.