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διφθέρα

diphthera

prepared skin, hide, leather

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1. διφθέρα · diphthera — Beekes

διφθέρα [f.] ‘prepared skin, hide, leather’, also of leather objects (IA). eDIAL Myc. di-pte-ra (also di-pte-ra,) ‘leather’ /dip*t*era(i)/; di-pte-ra-po-ro /dip*thera-p>oros/(?). eDER Diminutive διφθέριον (Theognost.); διφθερίς = διφθέρα (AP); διφθέρωμα ‘id,’ (Thd.); διφθερίας ‘man dressed in leather, farmer, etc.’ (Com.); fem. διφθερῖτις (Poll.); διφθεράριος ‘parchment maker’ (Edict. Diocl. Asin.); … — [Beekes, s.v. διφθέρα, p. 388]

2. διφθέρα · diphthera — Chantraine

διφθέρα on a normalement δι-, cf, skr. dui-, lat. bi-, arm. erki., got. fwi-, lit. dui-. Cf. encore διά. — [Chantraine, s.v. διφθέρα, p. 301]

3. διφθέρα · diphthera — Chantraine

διφθέρα : «peau travaillée, fourrure, cuir» (Ηἀϊ,, ion.-att., etc.) distingué de δέρσις (Th. 2,75), déjà en mycén. au sens de cuir», ef. Chadwick-Baumbach 186 ; également dit de peaux ou parchemins pour écrire (Hdt,., etc.) et de divers objets de peau (mantes-, bagages, tentes). Rares composés : διφθεραλοιφός «maître d'école» , 2 — [Chantraine, s.v. διφθέρα, p. 301]

4. διφθέρα · diphthera — LSJ

prepared hide, piece of leather, drum

prepared hide, piece of leather, Hdt. 1.194; ἐκ διφθερέων πεποιημέναι κυνέαι Id. 7.77; διφθέραι, opp. δέρρεις (hides), Th. 2.75; of a drum, Hero Aut. 20.4; esp. as writing-material, τὰς βύβλους διφθέρας καλέουσι ἀπὸ τοῦ παλαιοῦ οἱ Ἴωνες Hdt. 5.58; δ. μελαγγραφεῖς E. Fr. 627; δ. βασιλικαί, of Persian records, Ctes. ap. D.S. 2.32; δ. ἱεραί, at Carthage, Plu. Fac.lun. 2.942c; χαλκαῖ δ., Aet.Gr. ib. 297a, cf. Sch. Il. 1.175: prov., ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις Diogenian. 3.2; used for bindings, δι

II anything made of leather, leathern jerkin, of goatskin

anything made of leather, leathern jerkin, Ar. Nu. 72, Pl. Cri. 53d, SIG 1259.6 (iv B. C.), Men. Epit. 12, Luc. Tim. 6, 38, Arr. An. 7.9.2, etc.; properly, of goatskin, opp. μηλωτή, Ammon. Diff. p.44 V.

2 wallet, bag

wallet, bag, X. An. 5.2.12, Lib. Or. 58.5.

3 skins used as tents

pl., skins used as tents, X. An. 1.5.10, Phylarch. 41 J.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. διφθέρα (scan p. 388; entry #1745).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. διφθέρα (scan p. 301; entry #2075).

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