σάκος

sakos

coarse cloth of hair

Appears 19 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

σάκος [ᾰ], εος, τό, Ion. gen. σάκευς Hes. Sc. 334 (Cretan word acc. to AB 1096):—A. shield, Il. 7.222, 18.478, 20.268, Hdt. 1.52, etc.: it was concave, and hence sts. used as a vessel to hold liquid, A. Th. 540. 2. metaph., shield, defence, βωμός, ἄρρηκτον σ. A. Supp. 190. (Prob. cogn. with Skt. tvác- ‘skin, hide’.)
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