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θύλακος

θύλακος, a bag, pouch, wallet

θύλᾰκος [ῡ], ὁ,
  • sack, esp. to carry meal in, Hdt. 3.46; ἄλφιτʼ οὐκ ἔνεστιν ἐν τῷ θυλάκῳ Ar. Pl. 763; θ. δορκαδέων ἀστραγάλων PCair.Zen. 69.18 (iii B.C.); δερῶ σε θύλακον Iʼll make a bag of your skin, Ar. Eq. 370; contemptuous word for a garment, ὁ Τηλαύγους θ. prob. in Aeschin.Socr. 42: metaph., of a person, θ. τις λόγων ‘wind-bag’, Pl. Tht. 161a; τῇ χειρὶ δεῖν σπείρειν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ὅλῳ τῷ θ. Corinn. ap. Plu. Glor.Ath. 2.348a.
      • 2 sack in which the eggs of the tunny are enveloped, Arist. HA 571a14, cf. 552b19.
    • II in pl., slang term for the loose trousers of Persians and other Orientals, E. Cyc. 182, Ar. V. 1087.
    • III ball used for physical exercise, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.32.12.

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