A). coarse cloth of hair, esp. of goats' hair, σάκκος τρίχινος Apoc. 6.12 , cf. LXX Is. 50.3 , Si. 25.17 .

II). anything made of this cloth:

1). sack, bag, Hdt. 9.80 , Ar. Ach. 745 , Lys. 1209 , Gal. 2.559 , 8.672 :—as a measure, Ostr. 1096 , al.

2). sieve, strainer, esp. for wine, Hippon. 57 , Poll. 6.19 ; ς. τρίχινοι PHamb. 10.39 (ii A.D.).

3). coarse garment, sackcloth, worn as mourning by the Jews, LXX Ge. 37.34 , Ev.Luc. 10.13 , J. BJ 2.12.5 , cf. Plu. 2.239c .

III). coarse beard, like rough hair-cloth, σάκον πρὸς ταῖν γνάθοιν ἔχειν Ar. Ec. 502 ; cf. σακεσφόρος 11 .—The form σάκος is said to be Att., Ael.Dion. Fr. 296 , Phryn. 229 , Moer. p.354 P., Thom.Mag. p.344 R., etc.; while σάκκος is called Dor. by Phryn. l.c., Hellenic by Moer. and Thom.Mag. ll.cc., Comic by Poll. 7.191 . In Ar. Ach. 822 , Ec. 502 , σάκος is required by the metre, as is σάκκος in Ach. 745 (Megarian), and in Hippon. l.c.; codd. of Hdt. give σάκκος. Inscrr. have σάκος IG 22.1672.73 , 74 , 108 and σάκκος ib. 198 : Papyri have σάκος PCair.Zen. 753.27 (iii B.C.), UPZ 84.52 (ii B.C.), but oftener σάκκος PSI 4.427.1 , 14 (iii B.C.), PTeb. 116.3 (ii B.C.), etc. (Prob. the word, like the thing, was borrowed from Phoenicia, cf. Hebr. saq.)