φορίνη

A. skin or hide of pachydermatous animals, esp. of swine, Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 50, Ath. 9.381c, etc.; of the rhinoceros, Ael. NA 17.44; of the ox, Eust. 1915.13; of the chamaeleon, Ael. NA 4.33; of the tortoise's shell, dub. in S. Ichn. 303: also of human skin, Antipho Soph. 33, Aristomen. 10; metaph., φ. παχεῖαν φέρων 'thick-skinned', Plu. 2.57a.

II. fat, νενημένην χοῖρον πολλῆς φ. Herod. 4.16.