ἀσκός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ,<br><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 Il.3.247, Od.6.78; ἀσκὸν . . μέλανος οἴνοιο 5.265, 9.196; ἀσκὸς [[βοός]], of the [[bag]] in which [[Aeolus]] [[bottle]]d up the [[wind]]s, Od.10.19, cf. 45,57; [[ἀσκοὺς καμήλων]] [[skins of]] camel's [[hide]], Hdt.3.9; ἀσκὸς Μαρσύεω = [[bag]] made from the [[skin]] of [[Marsyas]], Id.7.26; ἀσκὸς [[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 [[οἴησις|οἰήσιος]] ἔμπλεοι ἀσκοί = oh men, [[wineskin]]s [[full]] of [[empty]] [[opinion]] Timo ''ΙΙ''; [[ἀσκός]], of the [[human]] [[skin]], Ph.2.462.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[paunch]], [[belly]], Archil.72; in oracular language, E.Med.679, Plu.Thes.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[bellows]], Plb.21.28.15, Ath.10.456d.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[bagpipe]]s, Gal.4.459.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[proverb|prov.]], [[wineskin]], of a [[toper]], Antiph.19: [[proverb|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]] 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]] = to [[have one's skin flayed off]] Sol.33.7.