σάκος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *twek- (“shield, skin; to cover”). Cognate with Sanskrit त्वच् (tvac, “hide, bag”), Hittite [script needed] (tuekkaš, “body”).

Alternatively, Beekes suggests a Semitic origin, from the same root as σάκκος (sákkos, “sack”).

σᾰ́κος • (sákos) n (genitive σᾰ́κεος or σᾰ́κους); third declension

Third declension of τὸ σᾰ́κος; τοῦ σᾰ́κεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σᾰ́κος tò sákos	τὼ σᾰ́κεε tṑ sákee	τᾰ̀ σᾰ́κεᾰ tà sákea
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰ́κεος toû sákeos	τοῖν σᾰκέοιν toîn sakéoin	τῶν σᾰκέων tôn sakéōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰ́κεῐ̈ tôi sákeï	τοῖν σᾰκέοιν toîn sakéoin	τοῖς σᾰ́κεσῐ(ν) toîs sákesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σᾰ́κος tò sákos	τὼ σᾰ́κεε tṑ sákee	τᾰ̀ σᾰ́κεᾰ tà sákea
Vocative	σᾰ́κος sákos	σᾰ́κεε sákee	σᾰ́κεᾰ sákea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

σάκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σάκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
σάκος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- buckler idem, page 102.
- shield idem, page 765.

From Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), most likely from Semitic.

σάκος • (sákos) m (plural σάκοι)

declension of σάκος