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σάρξ , gen. σαρκός, , Aeol. σύρξ EM708.31:—
A.flesh, Hom. always in pl., exc. Od.19.450, cf. Hes.Sc.364,461; “κορέει κύνας . . δημῷ καὶ σάρκεσσιIl.8.380; “ἔγκατά τε σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέαOd.9.293, cf. 11.219; “σάρκες περιτρομέοντο μέλεσσιν18.77, cf. Hes.Th.538, Pi.Fr.168, etc.; “τούτου σάρκας λύκοι πάσονταιA.Th.1040; “ὀπτὰς σάρκαςId.Ag.1097; “σάρκες δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀστέων . . ἀπέρρεονE.Med.1200; sts. to represent the whole body, “μήτε γῆ δέξαιτό μου σάρκας θανόντοςId.Hipp.1031, cf. 1239,1343 (anap.): sg. later in same sense, τοῦ αἵματος . . πηγνυμένου ς. γίνεται (of the foetus) Hp.Nat.Puer.15, cf.Steril.233; “κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χάριν ἐμᾶς σαρκὸς αἰόλαςS.Ph.1157 (lyr.); “ἔδαπτον σάρκαE.Med. 1189, cf. Ba.1136, Cyc.344, etc.: also collectively, of the body, “γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ᾽ ἡβῶσαν φέρειA.Th.622; “σαρκὶ παλαιᾶId.Ag.72 (anap.); σαρκὸς περιβόλαια, ἐνδυτά, E.HF1269, Ba.746:—Pl. uses sg. and pl. in much the same manner, “ταῖς σαρξὶ σάρκες προσγένωνταιPhd.96d, cf. Smp.211e, R.556d, Grg.518c, etc.; “τῆς σαρκὸς διαλυτικόνTi.60b, cf. 61c, 62b, etc.: portions of meat, usu. in pl., “σάρκας τρεῖςIG12(7).237.17 (Amorgos) (sg., ib.12(2).498.16 (Methymna, iii B.C.)); but, pieces of flesh or membrane, “βήσσοντα . . ὥστε σάρκας ἐνπύους . . ἀποβάλλεινSIG 1171.5 (Lebena).
b. εἰς σάρκα πημαίνειν to the quick, Phld.Herc. 1289p.60V.
2. ς. τοῦ σκύτεος the inner or flesh-side of leather, Hp.Art.33.
3. fleshy, pulpy substance of fruit, Thphr.CP6.8.5, HP1.2.6, 4.15.1, al.
II. the flesh, as the seat of the affections and lusts, fleshly nature, “ἐν τῇ ς. ἡδονήEpicur.Sent.18, cf. Sent.Vat. 33; ἀδούλωτον (prob. l.) “τῇ σαρκὶ καὶ τοῖς ταύτης πάθεσιPlu.2.107f, cf. 101b; freq. in NT, Ep.Gal.5.19, al.
2. in NT also, the body, “τῆς σαρκὸς πρόνοιαEp.Rom.13.14; “οὔτε ς. αὐτοῦ εἶδεν διαφθοράνAct.Ap.2.31, etc.: hence (partly as a Hebraism) πᾶσα σάρξ, = every-body, LXX Ge.6.12, al., Ev.Luc.3.6, etc.; οὐ . . πᾶσα σάρξ nobody, Ev. Matt.24.22, etc.
3. the physical or natural order of things, opp. the spiritual or supernatural, “σοφοὶ κατὰ σάρκα1 Ep.Cor.1.26; “ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ πεποιθότεςEp.Phil.3.3; τὸν κύριον τῶν πνευμάτων καὶ πάσης ς. SIG1181.3 (ii B.C., Jewish). (Perh. I.-E. twr[kcirc ]- 'portion', cf. Avest. θwar[schwa]s- 'cut'.)
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