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δέρμα

derma · τό

skin, hide

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

δέρμα · derma — LSJ

skin, hide, skin, skins prepared for bags, bottles, a manʼs skin, a manʼs skin, the shell

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, 129

2 skin, outer coverings, wallet, scrip

skin of fruits, Thphr. HP 4.14.10; περικαρπίων δέρματα outer coverings of seed-vessels, ib. 1.2.6. wallet, scrip, Hsch.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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