πεσσός

πεσσός, [dialect] Att. [pref] πεττ-, ὁ, heterocl. pl.

A

πεσσά S.Fr.429

, Euph.61 :— oval-shaped stone for playing draughts or backgammon, usu. in pl. (λευκοῖο σημήϊα π. AP9.482.21 (Agath.)),

πεσσοῖσι . . θυμὸν ἔτερπον Od.1.107

, cf.Hdt.1.94 ;

τοὶ μὲν ἵπποις . . , τοὶ δὲ πεσσοῖς . . τέρπονται Pi.Fr.129.4

;

πεττῶν θέσις Pl.R.333b

; ἐφηῦρε πεσσοὺς κύβους τε (sc. Palamedes) S. Fr.479.4 ; πόλεις πεσσῶν ὁμοίως διαφοραῖς ἐκτις μέναι as if moved from place to place like draughts, E.Fr.360.9; ἒν μὲν τόδ' ἡμῖν, ὥσπερ ἐν πεσσοῖς, δίδως κρεῖσσον you have given me a piece (as at chess), Id.Supp.409 ;

κατὰ τὸν ἐν πεττοῖς νόμον Ar.Ec.987

;

πεττῶν δίκην τὰς κοινὰς ἐννοίας μετατιθείς Plu.2.1068c

; ἐν πεττοῖς καὶ κύβοις διημερεύειν ib.272f ;

ἄζυξ ὢν ὥσπερ ἐν πεττοῖς Arist.Pol.1253a7

.

2 the board on which the game was played, πεσσὰ πεντέγραμμα, since the pieces were placed on five lines, S.Fr.429.

3 οἱ π. the place in which the game was played, or the game itself, E.Med.68 ;

ἔνθα Διὸς . . θᾶκοι π. τε καλοῦνται Cratin.7

.

II medicated plug of wool or lint to be introduced into the vagina, anus, etc., pessary, Thphr.HP9.20.4, Dsc.1.106, 2.61, Cels.5.21, etc.

2 any oval body,

π. ἐκ μολύβδου App.Mith.31

.

3 ticket or tally showing attendance at an ἐκκλησία, JHS8.118 ([place name] Iasus).

4 bolt of a door, PMag.Lond.121.616, POxy. 2146.10 (iii A. D.).

III in Archit., cubic mass of building, terrace, Str.16.1.5, POxy.1272.6 (ii A. D.), Procop.Aed.1.1.37.

IV dark edge of the pupil (in the eye), Poll.2.71, Hsch.