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σάκος

sakos · ὁ

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Where it lives

  • Shield of Heracles 6 · 18.55/10k
  • Seven Against Thebes 3 · 5.96/10k
  • Phoenissae 2 · 2.07/10k
  • Iliad 16 · 1.43/10k
  • Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
  • Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. σᾱκός · sakos

2. σάκος · sakos

shield

shield, Il. 7.222, 18.478, 20.268, Hdt. 1.52, etc.: it was concave, and hence sts. used as a vessel to hold liquid, A. Th. 540.

2 shield, defence

metaph., shield, defence, βωμός, ἄρρηκτον σ. A. Supp. 190. (Prob. cogn. with Skt. tvác- ‘skin, hide’.)

In the wild

6 of 31 attestations shown. Ask for more.

Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σάκος (scan p. 1353; entry #5382).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σάκος (scan p. 1005; entry #7059).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σάκος (scan p. 1644; entry #5039).

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