βύρσα, ἡ,
skin stripped off, hide (properly ox-hide, β. καὶ ἄλλα δέρματα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.110), Batrachomyomachia 127, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 531a11, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βύρσης ὄζειν smell of leather, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 892 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βύρσης κτύπος of the drum, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 513 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; wineskin, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 6, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 26(14).18. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 skin of a live animal, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.238. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 in contempt, of the human skin, ἡ κακὴ β. [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.80. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 screen or perhaps sail, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]