- ἀσκός
- ἀσκόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `animal skin, hide', mostly `bag made of it' (Il.).Dialectal forms: ῝᾽ἀκκόρ· ἀσκός, Λάκωνες. H.Derivatives: ἀσκίτης (sc. ὕδρωψ) m. `dropsy, patient with this illness' (Epicur.); ἄσκωμα `leather padding' of the hole which served for the rowlock (Ar.). Denom. verb ἀσκώσατο ἠχθέσθη H. (Koukoules Άρχ. Έφ. 27, 61ff.). S. on ἀσκώλια.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unknown. See Kretschmer Glotta 15, 197; Specht KZ 66, 220 (Skt. átka- `garment'. - Note Ϝασκώνδας Boeot. PN; but there is no trace of Ϝ- in Homer. Cf. Kretschmer Glotta 9, 21 5f. Thieme, Heimat 579 (*ἀγ-sko-, from `goat'); Mayrhofer Gedenkschrift Kretschmer 2, 36-39 (*Ϝαρσκο- with Skt. pra-vraska- `cut'; Taillardat, Rev. Et.Gr. 73 (1960) 13. (Not to φάσκωλος, Fur. 241.)Page in Frisk: 1,165
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.