δέρω
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Quotation
δέρω, τὸ ἐκδέρω, ὅθεν καὶ δέρμα
Translation (En)
Derō means "to skin", whence also derma "skin"
Parallels
Meletius, De natura hominis p. 132 (Τὸ δὲ δέρμα ὥσπερ τέρμα τοῦ σώματος, ἔξωθεν ἐπιβέβλη ται παντὶ τῷ σώματι· ἢ οἷον δέρμα, τὸ συνισχηκὸς τὸ σῶμα καὶ συνδεσμοῦν· ἢ οἷον δέρμα, παρὰ τὸ ἀποδέρεσθαι ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, delta, p. 347 (Δέρμα· παρὰ τὸ διαιρεῖσθαι αὐτὸ ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκός, ἤτοι ἐκφέρεσθαι [elliptic etymology, if we take διαιρεῖσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκός as an equivalent for δέρω]); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 257 (Δέρμα: Κυρίως ἐπὶ ἀλόγων· παρὰ τὸ δέρω, τὸ ἐκδέρω· ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν λοιπῶν ζῴων, παρὰ τὸ τέρμα εἶναι τοῦ σώματος, ὅ ἐστι πλήρωμα· τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς δ, δέρμα· ἔξωθεν γὰρ ἐπιβέβληται παντὶ τῷ σώματι); Etym. Symeonis, delta 137 (idem); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, delta, p. 562 (Δορά. δέρμα. κυρίως τὸ ἀποσεσυρμένον δέρμα τῶν ἀλόγων. παρὰ τὸ δέρω τὸ ἐκδείρω. ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν λοιπῶν ζώων παρὰ τὸ τέρμα εἶναι τοῦ σώματος)
Comment
This is the correct etymology