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κασῆς

kases · ὁ

skin, saddle, horse-cloth

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What it meant

1. κασῆς · kasēs — LSJ

skin, saddle, horse-cloth

skin used as a saddle or horse-cloth, acc. sg. κασᾶν X. Cyr. 8.3.8; acc. dual κασᾶ ib. 8.3.7; acc. pl. κασᾶς ib. 8.3.6 (καλέσας codd.), Agatharch. 20; nom. sg. κασῆς PTeb. 38.22 (ii B. C.); abbreviated in PLond. 2.402v5 (ii B.C.): written κασσ- by Poll. 7.68; cf. κάσσος, κασσοποιός. (Ethiopian word, Agatharch. l.c.; cf. Hebr. kāsāh ‘covered’.)

2. κάσης· · kasēs· — LSJ

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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