ἀσκός,ὁ,
A. skin, hide,
PFay. 121.9
(i/ii A. D.); but usually,skin made into a bag,esp.wineskin,
οἶνον . . ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ
Il. 3.247
, Od. 6.78 ; ἀσκὸν . . μέλανος οἴνοιο
5.265
, 9.196 ;ἀσκὸς βοός,of thebagin which Aeolus bottled up the winds, Od. 10.19 , cf. 45 , 57 ;ἀσκοὺς καμήλων skins ofcamel'shide,
Hdt. 3.9 ;ἀ. Μαρσύεω bag made from the skinof Marsyas, Id. 7.26 ; ἀ. ἀφύσητος
Hp. Art. 47
; εἴ μοι ἡ δορὰ μὴ εἰς ἀσκὸν τελευτήσει ὥσπερ ἡ Μαρσύου
Pl. Euthd. 285c
; ἀσκοῖς καὶ θυλάκοις
X. An. 6.4.23
, cf. Th. 4.26 ;ἀσκοὶ πεφυσαμένοι,of mankind, Epich. 246 ;ἄνθρωποι κενεῆς οἰήσιος ἔμπλεοι ἀ.Timo 11 ;ἀσκός,of the humanskin,