οὖλος

οὖλος (A), η, ον, old [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. form of ὅλος,

A whole, entire, v. ὅλος.

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οὖλος (B), η, ον,

A woolly, of thick, fleecy wool,

τάπητες Il.16.224

;

χλαῖναι Od.4.50

,299, etc.;

χλανίδες Hermipp.47.1

(anap.);

οὔλη λάχνη Il.10.134

;

χιτὼν οὔλων ἐρίων Ar.Ra.1067

;

εἱμάτιον IG5(1).1390.21

(Andania, i B. C.); οὖλαι κόμαι crisp, close-curling hair, Od.6.231, 23.158, cf. Luc.Im.5;

βόστρυχος οὖλος AP6.201

(Marc. Arg.); οὐλότατον τρίχωμα, of the crisp, woolly hair of the negro, Hdt.7.70; also of persons,

οὖλος ἐθείραις Ἕσπερος Call.Del.302

; σελίνων οὐλοτέρη, of a girl, AP5.120 (Phld.);

τοῖς τριχώμασιν οὖλοι D.S.3.8

; of sheep,

αἱ οὖλαι Arist.HA596b6

;

ὥσπερ σέλινον οὖλα τὰ σκέλη φορεῖν Com.Adesp. 208

.

2 of plants, twisted, twined, curly, crinkled,

ἴων κορωνίδες οὖλαι Stesich.29

; οὔλης . . σκολιὸν πλέγμα . , . ἕλικος, of the vine, Simon.183. 2;

σέλινον Hp.Mul.2.181

;

φύλλον Thphr.HP9.4.3

;

θρίδακες AP9.412

(Phld.): neut. pl. as Adv., of smoke, curling,

οὖλα κυλινδόμενον Call. Fr.1.41P.

3 of wood, compact, tough, close-grained, Thphr.HP3.11.1,4.2.7, 5.3.7, Ph.Bel.66.51;

ξύλα οὔλας ἔχοντα συστροφάς Thphr. HP5.5.1

; δένδρον -ότερον τῇ ὄψει ib.3.9.6; οὖ. ὄστρακον tough, Babr. 115.10: hence metaph., like πυκνός, of speech, compact, concise,

οὖλα καὶ πυκνὰ καὶ συνεστραμμένα φθεγγομένους Plu.2.510e

; of dancing, rapid, in quick tempo,

πόδεσσι οὖλα κατεκροτάλιζον Call.Dian.247

, cf. Jou.52; of rowing, Id.Epigr.6.5; and so perh. οὖλον κεκλήγοντες uttering quick (frequent) cries, Il.17.756,759, cf. Sch. T and Eust.ad loc.; v. οὖλος (C). (Perh. cogn. with εἴλλω 'pack tightly together'.)

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οὖλος (C), η, ον,

A = ὀλοός, destructive, baneful, cruel, epith. of Ares, Il.5.461,717; of Achilles, 21.536;

χεῖμα Bion 15.14

;

στόμιον Nic. Th.233

;

οὖλος Ὄνειρος Il.2.6

,8; cruel,

Ἔρως A.R.3.297

,1078.

2 οὖλον κεκλήγοντες, of the death-cry of birds flying from the hawk, Il. 17.756,759 (but v. οὖλος (B) 3 fin.); so later

οὖλον γεράνων νέφος AP 7.543

; οὖλον ἀείδειν ib.27 (Antip. Sid.);

κνυζηθμὸν κυνὸς οὖλον Nic. Th.671

.

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οὖλος (D), ὁ,

A corn-sheaf, = ἴουλος 11 (q.v.), Hsch.: hence, a cry or song in honour of Demeter, who was herself from this word named [full] Οὐλώ, Semus 19, Did. ap. Sch.A.R.1.972.