A.skin, hide, PFay.121.9 (i/ii A. D.); but usually, skin made into a bag, esp. wineskin, “οἶνον . . ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ” Il.3.247, Od.6.78; “ἀσκὸν . . μέλανος οἴνοιο” 5.265, 9.196; ἀσκὸς βοός, of the bag in which Aeolus bottled up the winds, Od.10.19, cf. 45,57; ἀσκοὺς καμήλων skins of camel's hide, Hdt.3.9; ἀ. Μαρσύεω bag made from the skin of Marsyas, Id.7.26; “ἀ. ἀφύσητος” Hp.Art.47; “εἴ μοι ἡ δορὰ μὴ εἰς ἀσκὸν τελευτήσει ὥσπερ ἡ Μαρσύου” Pl.Euthd.285c; “ἀσκοῖς καὶ θυλάκοις” X.An.6.4.23, cf. Th.4.26; ἀσκοὶ πεφυσαμένοι, of mankind, Epich. 246; ἄνθρωποι κενεῆς οἰήσιος ἔμπλεοι ἀ. Timo 11; ἀσκός, of the human skin, Ph.2.462.
3. bellows, Plb.21.28.15, Ath.10.456d.
4. bagpipes, Gal.4.459.