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σάκος σάκος (ᾰ), εος, τό, σάττω a shield, Hom., etc. The earliest shields were of wicker-work or of wood, covered with ox-hides, and sometimes with metal-plates, (that of Ajax had seven hides and an eighth layer of metal); it was concave, so as to hold liquid, Aesch.

ShortDef

a shield

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Headword:

σάκος

Headword (normalized):

σάκος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

σακος

IDX:

29239

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29273

Key:

sa/kos2

Data

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