Πέσκος
flys, rind, skin
Translated by Catharine Roth22 Feb 2012Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πέσκος· δέρμα, κῴδιον. καὶ Πεκτῆρες, οἱ τὸ δέρμα τίλλοντες.
Betacode
*pe/skos: de/rma, kw/|dion. kai\ *pekth=res, oi( to\ de/rma ti/llontes.
Notes (2)
- 1This rare neuter noun, a variant of pekos, occurs in Nicander, Theriaca 549; cf. the scholia there; also Hesychius s.v.
pe/skon (sic), Orion [Author, Myth] 129.8-9, Etymologicum Magnum 665.50-55. Apollonius Dyscolus says it comes fromske/pw with a transposition (De constructione 2.2.12.1); cf. pi 919. ↩ - 2Already at pi 921. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 23 May 2016
- expansion/coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth