σάκκος
or σάκος, ὁ, see entry near the end:— coarse cloth of hair, especially of goats' hair, σάκκος τρίχινος [[ NT.Rev.6.12, cf. LXX.Isa.50.3, LXX.Sir.25.17. ] LXX+NT]
__II anything made of this cloth:
__II.1 sack, bag, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 745, “Lys.” 1209, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.559,8.672:—as a measure, “Ostr.” 1096, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 sieve, strainer, especially for wine, [[ 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 57, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.19; σ. τρίχινοι “PHamb.” 10.39 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__II.3 coarse garment, sackcloth, worn as mourning by the Jews, [[ LXX.Gen.37.34, NT.Luke.10.13, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.12.5, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.239c. ] LXX+NT+1st c.AD+]
__III coarse beard, like rough hair-cloth, σάκον πρὸς ταῖν γνάθοιν ἔχειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 502; compare σακεσφόρος 11.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —The form σάκος is said to be Attic dialect, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 296, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 229, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus p.354 P., 13th-14th c.AD: Thomas Magister Grammaticus p.344 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] R., etc.; while σάκκος is called Doric dialect by [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista [same place], Hellenic by 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus and 13th-14th c.AD: Thomas Magister Grammaticus [same places], Comic by 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.191. In 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 822, “Ec.” 502, σάκος is required by the metre, as is σάκκος in “Ach.” 745 (from Megarian), and in 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus [same place]; codices of 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus give σάκκος] Refs 6th c.BC+]. Inscrr. have σάκος [[ “IG” 22.1672.73,74, 108 and σάκκος [prev. work] 198] Refs]: Papyri have σάκος [[ “PCair.Zen.” 753.27 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 84.52 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], but oftener σάκκος [[ “PSI” 4.427.1, 14 (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 116.3 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc. (Prob. the word, like the thing, was borrowed from Phoenicia, cf. Hebrew saq.)