διφθέρα
διφθέρα,
ἡ,
A). prepared hide, piece of leather, Hdt. 1.194 ;
ἐκ διφθερέων πεποιημέναι κυνέαι Id. 7.77 ;
διφθέραι, opp.
δέρρεις (hides),
Th. 2.75 ; of a
drum, Hero Aut. 20.4 ; esp. as writing-material,
τὰς βύβλους διφθέρας καλέουσι ἀπὸ τοῦ παλαιοῦ οἱ Ἴωνες Hdt. 5.58 ;
δ. μελαγγραφεῖς E. Fr. 627 ;
δ. βασιλικαί, of Persian records,
Ctes. ap.
D.S. 2.32 ;
δ. ἱεραί, at Carthage,
Plu. 2.942c ;
χαλκαῖ δ., ib.
297a , cf. Sch.
Il. 1.175 : prov.,
ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις Diogenian. 3.2 ; used for bindings,
διφθέρας περιβάλλειν (sc.
βιβλίοις)
Luc. Ind. 16 .
II). anything made of leather, leathern jerkin, Ar. Nu. 72 ,
Pl. Cri. 53d ,
SIG 1259.6 (iv B. C.),
Men. Epit. 12 ,
Luc. Tim. 6 ,
38 ,
Arr. An. 7.9.2 , etc.; properly,
of goatskin, opp.
μηλωτή, Ammon. Diff. p.44 V.
ShortDef
a prepared hide, tanned skin, piece of leather
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">διφθέρα</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prepared hide, piece of leather,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.194/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.194 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐκ διφθερέων πεποιημέναι κυνέαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.77 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">διφθέραι,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">δέρρεις</span> (hides), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.75 </a>; of a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drum,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg002:20:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg002:20.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aut.</span> 20.4 </a>; esp. as writing-material, <span class="quote greek">τὰς βύβλους διφθέρας καλέουσι ἀπὸ τοῦ παλαιοῦ οἱ Ἴωνες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.58 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δ. μελαγγραφεῖς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 627 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">δ. βασιλικαί,</span> of Persian records, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ctes.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:2:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:2.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 2.32 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δ. ἱεραί,</span> at Carthage, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.942c </span>; <span class="foreign greek">χαλκαῖ δ.,</span> ib. <span class="bibl"> 297a </span>, cf. Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:175" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.175/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.175 </a>: prov., <span class="quote greek">ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001:3:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001:3.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diogenian.</span> 3.2 </a> ; used for bindings, <span class="foreign greek">διφθέρας περιβάλλειν</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">βιβλίοις</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg028:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg028:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ind.</span> 16 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">anything made of leather, leathern jerkin,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 72 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:53d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:53d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cri.</span> 53d </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1259.6 </span> (iv B. C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epit.</span> 12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tim.</span> 6 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:38/canonical-url/"> 38 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg001:7:9:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg001:7:9:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 7.9.2 </a>, etc.; properly, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of goatskin,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">μηλωτή,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0708.tlg001:p.44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0708.tlg001:p.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ammon.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Diff.</span> p.44 </a> V. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wallet, bag,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:2:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:2:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.2.12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:58:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:58.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 58.5 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">skins used as tents,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:5:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:5:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.5.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1609.tlg001:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1609.tlg001:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phylarch.</span> 41 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> </span> </div> </div><br><br>'}