διφθέρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[prepare]]d [[hide]], [[piece]] of [[leather]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.194; ἐκ διφθερέων πεποιημέναι κυνέαι Id.7.77; [[διφθέραι]], opp. [[δέρρεις]] (hides), Th.2.75; of a [[drum]], Hero Aut.20.4; esp. as writing-material, τὰς βύβλους διφθέρας καλέουσι ἀπὸ τοῦ παλαιοῦ οἱ Ἴωνες [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.58; διφθέραι μελαγγραφεῖς E.Fr.627; διφθέραι βασιλικαί, of [[Persian]] [[record]]s, Ctes. ap. D.S.2.32; διφθέραι ἱεραί, at Carthage, Plu.2.942c; χαλκαῖ διφθέραι, ib. 297a, cf. Sch.Il.1.175: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις]] = you [[speak]] things [[old]]er than the [[leather]] [[scroll]] Diogenian.3.2; used for bindings, διφθέρας περιβάλλειν (''[[sc.]]'' [[βιβλίοις]]) Luc.Ind.16.<br><span class="bld">II</span> anything made of [[leather]], [[leather]] [[jerkin]], Ar.Nu.72, Pl.Cri.53d, SIG 1259.6 (iv B. C.), Men.Epit.12, Luc. Tim.6,38, Arr.An.7.9.2, etc.; properly, of [[goatskin]], opp. [[μηλωτή]], Ammon.Diff.p.44 V.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[wallet]], [[bag]], X.An.5.2.12, Lib.Or.58.5.<br><span class="bld">3</span> pl., [[skins used as tents]], X.An. 1.5.10, Phylarch.41 J.