δέρρις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, (Att. form of [[Δέρσις]], cf. [[δέρω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[skin]], δ. τριχίνη <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Za.</span>13.4</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>12.33 (Mel.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[leather covering]], of a jerkin, <span class="bibl">Eup.328</span>; of a curtain, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.240</span>, <span class="bibl">Myrtil.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in plural (sg., <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>95.34</span>), [[screens of skin]] or [[hide]], hung before fortifications to deaden the enemy's missiles, <span class="bibl">Th.2.75</span>, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>4.19.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.20.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Apollod.<span class="title">Poliorc.</span>142.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Polyaen.3.11.13</span>: generally, [[curtain]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ex.</span> 26.7</span>, al., <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1390.35 (Andania, i B. C.).</span>