δέρμα
derma
skin, hide
Appears 135 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δέρμα, ατος, τό, (δέρω) A. skin, hide, συός Il. 9.548, al.; κριοῦ P. 4 161; δ. αἴγειον PEdgar 11.8 (iii B. C.), etc.; λέοντος a lionʼs skin for a cloak, Il. 10.23; κελαινόν, of a shield, 6.117; of skins prepared for bags, bottles, etc., Od. 2.291; of a manʼs skin, Il. 16.341, Od. 13.431, Phd. 98d, etc.; of a manʼs skin stripped off, 4.64, 5.25; παλαιὸν δ. Fr. 275.4; περὶ τῷ δ. δέδοικα Eq. 27, cf. Pax 746; ἀνὴρ κατὰ δέρμα θαυμαστὸς οἷος Or. 51(27).38; of the shell of a tortoise, V. 429,1292. 2. skin of fruits, HP 4.14.10; περικαρπίων δέρματα outer coverings of seed-vessels, ib.1.2.6. wallet, scrip,
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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