Κῶας

fleece

Translated by Nick Nicholas30 Jan 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] a sheep's skin.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κῶας· ἡ τοῦ προβάτου δορά.

Betacode

*kw=as: h( tou= proba/tou dora/.

Homeric form (e.g. Homer, Iliad 9.661). The gloss is particular to the Suda; Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon and Hesychius gloss it with the diminutive kw/dion, and although the form frequently features in grammatical discussion, its meaning is assumed. Contrasted with na/kos "goatskin" in nu 21.