σάκος[ᾰ],εος,τό , Ion. gen.
A.
σάκευς
Hes. Sc. 334
(Cretan word acc. to AB 1096 ):—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. metaph.,shield, defence,βωμός, ἄρρηκτον ς. A. Supp. 190 . (Prob. cogn. with Skt.tvác-'skin, hide'.)