δέρμα, ατος, τό, (δέρω)
1. skin, hide, συός Il. 9.548, al.; κριοῦ Pi. P. 4 161; δ. αἴγειον PEdgar 11.8 (iii B. C.), etc.; λέοντος a lion’s skin for a cloak, Il. 10.23; κελαινόν, of a shield, 6.117; of skins prepared for bags, bottles, etc., Od. 2.291; of a man’s skin, Il. 16.341, Od. 13.431, Pl. Phd. 98d, etc.; of a man’s skin stripped off, Hdt. 4.64, 5.25; παλαιὸν δ. A. Fr. 275.4; περὶ τῷ δ. δέδοικα Ar. Eq. 27, cf. Pax 746; ἀνὴρ κατὰ δέρμα θαυμαστὸς οἷος Aristid. Or. 51(27).38; of the shell of a tortoise, Ar. V. 429, 1292.
2. skin of fruits, Thphr. HP 4.14.10; περικαρπίων δέρματα outer coverings of seed-vessels, ib. 1.2.6. wallet, scrip, Hsch.
G1192 — δέρμα
δέρματος, τό (from δέρω or δείρω, as κέρμα from κείρω), a skin, hide, leather: [Heb 11:37]. (Homer and following.)