- σάκος
- σάκοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `shield (made of leather)', prop. `longshield, tower shield' (cf. ἀσπίς w. lit.; Hom., also A. a.o.).Compounds: Some compp; e.g. σακέσ-παλος `shield-swaying' (Ε 126, Call., Nonn.). σάκος -φόρος `shield-bearing' (B., S., E.), φερε-σσακής `id.' (Hes. Sc., Nonn.); cf. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 20ff., Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 94 f. w. many details.Derivatives: No derivv.Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Semit.Etymology: Old word, which orig. indicated the skin, the hide and seemed also atteseted in Oind.: tvác- f. `skin, hide', as s-stem (= σάκος) a.o. in híraṇya-tvacas- `with golden skin'. Here prob. also, but with e-vowel, which does not agree with σάκος, Hitt. tuekkaš `body'. Lit. in Mayrhofer s. tvák; older lit. in Bq and WP. 1, 747 (Pok. 1099). Quite uncertain OP. taka-barā, adjunct of the Yaunā (Ionians); s. Mayrhofer Orientalia 33, 84ff. (after Pisani Glotta 42, 183 ff. loan from Gr. *σακοφόρος[?]). -- The word is prob. a loan from Semit., Acc. saqqu, Hebr. śaq; Masson, Emprunts sémit. 24.Page in Frisk: 2,672
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