κασῆς

κασῆς, ὁ (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr. 1.63),

• skin used as a saddle or horse-cloth, acc. sg. κασᾶν X. Cyr. 8.3.8; acc. dual κασᾶ ib. 8.3.7; acc. pl. κασᾶς ib. 8.3.6 (καλέσας codd.), Agatharch. 20; nom. sg. κασῆς PTeb. 38.22 (ii B. C.); abbreviated in PLond. 2.402v5 (ii B.C.): written κασσ- by Poll. 7.68; cf. κάσσος, κασσοποιός. (Ethiopian word, Agatharch. l.c.; cf. Hebr. kāsāh ‘covered’.)