σάκκος or
σάκος, ὁ, see entry near the end:—
coarse cloth of hair, especially of goats' hair, σάκκος τρίχινος [
LXX+NT]
II)
anything made of this cloth:
II.1)
sack, bag, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
sieve, strainer, especially for wine, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
II.3)
coarse garment, sackcloth, worn as mourning by the Jews, [
LXX+NT+1st c.AD+]
III)
coarse beard, like rough hair-cloth, σάκον πρὸς ταῖν γνάθοιν ἔχειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —The form σάκος is said to be
Attic dialect, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] R, etc; while σάκκος is called
Doric dialect by [
Refs 6th c.BC+]. Inscrr. have σάκος [
Refs]: Papyri have σάκος [
Refs 3rd c.BC+], but oftener σάκκος [
Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc. (Prob. the word, like the thing, was borrowed from Phoenicia, cf. Hebrew
saq.)