σάρξ,
genitive σαρκός, ἡ, Aeolic dialect σύρξ [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 708.31 ] Refs]:— flesh, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] always in plural, except [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.450, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 364, 461; κορέει κύνας.. δημῷ καὶ σάρκεσσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.380; ἔγκατά τε σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.293, compare 11.219; σάρκες περιτρομέοντο μέλεσσιν 18.77, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 538, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 168, etc.; τούτου σάρκας λύκοι πάσονται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1040; ὀπτὰς σάρκας [prev. author] “Ag.” 1097; σάρκες δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀστέων.. ἀπέρρεον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1200 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; sometimes to represent the whole body, μήτε γῆ δέξαιτό μου σάρκας θανόντος [[ [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1031, compare 1239, 1343 (_anapaest meter_): _sing._ later in same sense, τοῦ αἵματος.. πηγνυμένου σ. γίνεται (of the foetus) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 15, compare “Steril.” 233; κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χάριν ἐμᾶς σαρκὸς αἰόλας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1157 (Lyric poetry); ἔδαπτον σάρκα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1189, compare “Ba.” 1136, “Cyc.” 344, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also collectively, of the body, γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ᾽ ἡβῶσαν φέρει [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 622; σαρκὶ παλαιᾶ [prev. author] “Ag.” 72 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σαρκὸς περιβόλαια, ἐνδυτά, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1269, “Ba.” 746:— 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] uses singular and plural in much the same manner, ταῖς σαρξὶ σάρκες προσγένωνται [[ “Phd.” 96d, compare “Smp.” 211e, “R.” 556d, “Grg.” 518c, etc.; τῆς σαρκὸς διαλυτικόν “Ti.” 60b, compare 61c, 62b ] Refs], etc.: portions of meat, usually in plural, σάρκας τρεῖς [[ “IG” 12(7).237.17 (from Amorgos) (_sing._, [prev. work]12(2).498.16 (Methymna, 3rd c.BC))] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but, pieces of flesh or membrane, βήσσοντα.. ὥστε σάρκας ἐνπύους.. ἀποβάλλειν [[ “SIG” 1171.5 (from Lebena). ] Refs]