σάκκοςorσάκος,ὁ,v.sub fin.:—
A. 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:
1. sack, bag, Hdt. 9.80 , Ar. Ach. 745 , Lys. 1209 , Gal. 2.559 , 8.672 :—as a measure, Ostr. 1096 , al.
2. sieve, strainer, esp. for wine, Hippon. 57 , Poll. 6.19 ; ς. τρίχινοι
PHamb. 10.39
(ii A.D.).
3. coarse garment, sackcloth, worn as mourning by the Jews, LXX Ge. 37.34 , Ev.Luc. 10.13 , J. BJ 2.12.5 , cf. Plu. 2.239c .
III. coarse beard,likerough hair-cloth, σάκον πρὸς ταῖν γνάθοιν ἔχειν
Ar. Ec. 502
; cf. σακεσφόρος
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.—The formσάκοςis said to be Att. , Ael.Dion. Fr. 296 , Phryn. 229 , Moer. p.354 P., Thom.Mag. p.344 R., etc.; whileσάκκοςis 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 ,σάκοςis required by the metre, as isσάκκοςin Ach. 745 (Megarian), and in Hippon. l.c.; codd. of Hdt. giveσάκκος. Inscrr. have σάκος