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σάκκος

sakkos · ὁ

coarse cloth of hair

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Where it lives

  • Jonas 3 · 28.52/10k
  • Joel 2 · 12.99/10k
  • Shield of Heracles 4 · 12.36/10k
  • Judith 7 · 7.99/10k
  • Esther 4 · 7.23/10k
  • Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
  • Iliad 45 · 4.04/10k
  • Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
  • Baruch 1 · 3.96/10k
  • Isaias 9 · 3.43/10k
  • Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
  • Regnorum III 5 · 2.62/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

coarse cloth of hair

coarse cloth of hair, esp. of goats’ hair, σάκκος τρίχινος Apoc. 6.12, cf. LXX Is. 50.3, Si. 25.17.

II anything made of this cloth

anything made of this cloth:

1 sack, bag

sack, bag, Hdt. 9.80, Ar. Ach. 745, Lys. 1209, Gal. 2.559,8.672:—as a measure, Ostr. 1096, al.

2 sieve, strainer

sieve, strainer, esp. for wine, Hippon. 57, Poll. 6.19; σ. τρίχινοι PHamb. 10.39 (ii A.D.).

3 coarse garment, sackcloth

coarse garment, sackcloth, worn as mourning by the Jews, LXX Ge. 37.34, Ev.Luc. 10.13, J. BJ 2.12.5, cf. Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.239c.

III coarse beard

coarse beard, like rough hair-cloth, σάκον πρὸς ταῖν γνάθοιν ἔχειν Ar. Ec. 502; cf. σακεσφόρος II.—The form σάκος is said to be Att., Ael.Dion. Fr. 296, Phryn. 229, Moer. p.354 P., Thom.Mag. p.344 R., etc.; while σάκκος is called Dor. by Phryn. l.c., Hellenic by Moer. and Thom.Mag. ll.cc., Comic by Poll. 7.191. In Ar. Ach. 822, Ec. 502, σάκος is required by the metre, as is σάκκος in Ach. 745 (Megarian), and in Hippon. l.c.; codd. of Hdt. give σάκκος. Inscrr. have σάκος IG 2(2).1672.73, 74, 108

In the wild

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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. σάκκος (scan p. 1353; entry #5380).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σάκκος (scan pp. 1004-1005; entry #7057).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σάκκος (scan p. 1644; entry #5037).

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