ἀσκός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[skin]], [[hide]], PFay.121.9 (i/ii A. D.); but usually, [[skin made into a bag]], esp. [[wineskin]], οἶνον . . ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ <span class="bibl">Il.3.247</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.78</span>; ἀσκὸν . . μέλανος οἴνοιο <span class="bibl">5.265</span>, <span class="bibl">9.196</span>; [[ἀσκὸς βοός]], of the [[bag]] in which Aeolus bottled up the winds, <span class="bibl">Od.10.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">45</span>,<span class="bibl">57</span>; [[ἀσκοὺς καμήλων]] [[skins of]] camel's [[hide]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.9</span>; [[ἀ. Μαρσύεω]] [[bag made from the skin]] of Marsyas, <span class="bibl">Id.7.26</span>; ἀ. ἀφύσητος <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>47</span>; εἴ μοι ἡ δορὰ μὴ εἰς ἀσκὸν τελευτήσει ὥσπερ ἡ Μαρσύου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>285c</span>; ἀσκοῖς καὶ θυλάκοις <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.26</span>; [[ἀσκοὶ πεφυσαμένοι]], of mankind, <span class="bibl">Epich. 246</span>; [[ἄνθρωποι κενεῆς οἰήσιος ἔμπλεοι ἀ]]. Timo <span class="bibl">11</span>; [[ἀσκός]], of the human [[skin]], <span class="bibl">Ph.2.462</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[paunch]], [[belly]], <span class="bibl">Archil.72</span>; in oracular language, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>679</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[bellows]], <span class="bibl">Plb.21.28.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.456d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[bagpipes]], Gal.4.459. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> prov., [[wineskin]], of a [[toper]], <span class="bibl">Antiph.19</span>: prov., [[ἀεί ποτ' εὖ μὲν ἀσκός εὖ δὲ θύλακος ἅνθρωπός ἐστι]] = [[this guy's always good at being a wineskin, and at times a winesack]] <span class="bibl">Alex.85</span>; "[[ἀσκός]], [[πέλεκυς]]" in a child's game, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>5.5</span>; [[ἀσκὸν δείρειν]] = [[flay alive]], hence, [[abuse]], [[maltreat]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>442</span>:—Pass., [[ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι]] = to [[have one's skin flayed off]] <span class="bibl">Sol.33.7</span>.</span>