Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In classical archæol., a vase imitating more or less closely the form of a wine-skin.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word askos.

Examples

  • For only those names which end in o and n, have the designation proper to a chattel, e.g. xulon (’log’), schoinion (’rope’); those which do not end so have that of a masculine or feminine object, though some of them we apply to chattels: e.g. askos (’wineskin’) is a masculine noun, and kline (’bed’) a feminine.

    On Sophistical Refutations 2002

  • For only those names which end in o and n, have the designation proper to a chattel, e.g. xulon (’log’), schoinion (’rope’); those which do not end so have that of a masculine or feminine object, though some of them we apply to chattels: e.g. askos (’wineskin’) is a masculine noun, and kline (’bed’) a feminine.

    On Sophistical Refutations 2002

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.