δέρμα

derma

skin, hide

Appears 18 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Timaeus 11
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76c2
76c4
76d4
76d6
76e5
77d1
77e4
76a2
76b1
76b4
76b7
Protagoras 2
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321a5
321b1
Laws 1
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Book VIII 1
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849c3
Phaedo 1
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98d2
Republic 1
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Book II 1
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370e3
Statesman 1
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288e1
Symposium 1
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190e6

Dictionary (LSJ)

δέρμα, ατος, τό, (δέρω) A. skin, hide, συός Il. 9.548, al.; κριοῦ Pi. 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, Pl. Phd. 98d, etc.; of a manʼs skin stripped off, Hdt. 4.64, 5.25; παλαιὸν δ. A. Fr. 275.4; περὶ τῷ δ. δέδοικα Ar. Eq. 27, cf. Pax 746; ἀνὴρ κατὰ δέρμα θαυμαστὸς οἷος Aristid. Or. 51(27).38; of the shell of a tortoise, Ar. V. 429,1292. 2. skin of fruits, Thphr. HP 4.14.10; περικαρπίων δέρματα outer coverings of seed-vessels, ib.1.2.6. wallet, scrip, Hsch.

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