- σάκκος
- σάκκοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `bag (made of goat hair), sieve, burlap, a large cloak made of the same', a.o. used as a wedding dress (Hdt., Hippon., Ar., LXX, NT, inscr. a. pap.).Other forms: also σάκος (Att. ?).Compounds: As 1. member e.g. σακκο-φόρος m. `bag bearer' (pap. a.o.).Derivatives: 1. Dimin. σαν(κ)-ίον (Hp., Ar., X., Men. a.o.), -ίδιον (pap.), -άλιον (gloss.); 2. -ούδια n. pl. meaning unclear (pap.; after λινούδιον, s. λίνον); 3. -ᾶς m. `sack bearer' (inscr. Corycos, pap.); 4. -ίας οἶνος `sieved wine' (Poll.); 5. -ινος `made of burlap' (sch.); 6. Denom. -έω `to sieve' (Hdt. 4, 23; after Ael. Dion. a.o. -εύω), -ίζω `id.' (Thphr. a.o.). Ptc. (seemingly primary) σακτός `sieved' (Eup. 439).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Semit.Etymology: Semit. LW [loanword]; cf. Hebr. (Phoen.) śaq `cloth of hair, bag, mourning-dress' (Lewy Fremdw. 87; on it Bertoldi Zeitschr. rom. Phil. 68, 73ff. [mediterranean word]); one would like to know whether σαν(κ)ίον can be so explained. -- From this Lat. saccus (with NHG Sack etc.); s. W.-Hofmann s.v. w. lit.Page in Frisk: 2,672
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