woolly, hairy skin
woolly or hairy skin, ἂν δὲ νάκην ἕλετʼ αἰγός Od. 14.530; also of sheep, Lyc. 1310; αἰγῶν νάκαι καὶ προβάτων Paus. 4.11.3. (Cf. OE. næsc ‘leather’.)
The corpus record
νάκη
nake · ἡ
woolly, hairy skin
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Where it lives
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- νάκην · nakēn Odyssey 14.530
Where it came from
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