ἀσκός
τῶν δ᾿ ἄλλων τῶν νοσηματικῶν ἧττον μετέχουσιν αἱ γυναῖκες → apart from this one, women are less troubled by maladies
English (LSJ)
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A skin, hide, PFay.121.9 (i/ii A. D.); but usually, skin made into a bag, esp. wineskin, οἶνον . . ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ Il.3.247, Od.6.78; ἀσκὸν . . μέλανος οἴνοιο 5.265, 9.196; ἀσκὸς βοός, of the bag in which Aeolus bottled up the winds, Od.10.19, cf. 45,57; ἀσκοὺς καμήλων skins of camel's hide, Hdt.3.9; ἀ. Μαρσύεω bag made from the skin of Marsyas, Id.7.26; ἀ. ἀφύσητος Hp.Art.47; εἴ μοι ἡ δορὰ μὴ εἰς ἀσκὸν τελευτήσει ὥσπερ ἡ Μαρσύου Pl.Euthd.285c; ἀσκοῖς καὶ θυλάκοις X.An.6.4.23, cf. Th.4.26; ἀσκοὶ πεφυσαμένοι, of mankind, Epich. 246; ἄνθρωποι κενεῆς οἰήσιος ἔμπλεοι ἀ. Timo 11; ἀσκός, of the human skin, Ph.2.462. 2 paunch, belly, Archil.72; in oracular language, E.Med.679, Plu.Thes.3. 3 bellows, Plb.21.28.15, Ath.10.456d. 4 bagpipes, Gal.4.459. 5 prov., wineskin, of a toper, Antiph.19: prov., ἀεί ποτ' εὖ μὲν ἀ. εὖ δὲ θύλακος ἅνθρωπός ἐστι Alex.85; "ἀσκός, πέλεκυς" in a child's game, Thphr.Char.5.5; ἀσκὸν δείρειν flay alive, hence, abuse, maltreat, Ar.Nu.442:—Pass., ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι Sol.33.7.
