ἔνδορα

ἔνδορα

Grammatical information: n. pl.

Meaning: prop. `what is put in the skin' (when sacrificing), (SIG 1025, 48; 1026, 8; Kos: ἔνδορα ἐνδέρεται)

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [206?] *derō `flay'

Etymology: From ἐνδέρομαι referring also to δορά; note the explanation of ἔνδρατα (after ἔγκατα?) in H.: τὰ ἐνδερόμενα σὺν τῃ̃ κεφαλῃ̃ καὶ τοῖς ποσί. Stengel Hermes 54, 208ff.explained it as σπλάγχνα; but his connection with δέρτρον `retina' is correctly rejected by Kretschmer Glotta 12, 220f. Hypostasis of ἐν δορᾳ, Jones, Class. Rev. NS 9 (1959) 132. S. δέρω.

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