- πῖλος
- πῖλος, ὁ,A wool or hair wrought into felt, used as a lining for helmets, Il.10.265 ; for shoes, Hes.Op.542, cf. Pl.Smp.220b, Luc.Rh.Pr.15; but τὴν τῶν οἰκείων πίλων γένεσιν, playfully, of the human hair, Pl.Lg. 942e.II anything made of felt, esp. close-fitting cap, Hes.Op.546, Arist.GA785a27, AP6.90 (Phil.), etc.; πίλους τιάρας φορέοντες wearing turbans for caps, Hdt.3.12;
ἀντὶ τῶν π. μιτρηφόροι ἦσαν Id.7.62
, cf. 61,92 ;πῖλοι τοῖς δημοσίοις IG22.1672.70
; π. λευκός ib.5(1).1390.13 (Andania, i B. C.); of various fashions,π. Ἀρκαδικός Polyaen.4.14
;Λακωνικός Poll.1.149
; Μακεδονικός, = καυσία, Id.10.162 ; π. χαλκοῦς a brazen cap, i. e. helmet, Ar.Lys.562 ; of the apex worn by Roman flamines, D.H.2.64 (pl.).2 felt shoe, λευκοὺς ὑπὸ ποσσὶν ἔχων π. Cratin.100.3 felt cloth, used for carpets, mats, tents, etc., Hdt. 4.23,73,75, Hp.Aër.18 (pl.), cf. X.Cyr.5.5.7, Aen.Tact.33.3 (pl.), etc.; for horse-cloths, Plu.Art.11.4 felt cuirass, jerkin, Th.4.34.III amadou, Polyporus igniarius, Thphr.HP3.7.4.b embryo of Nelumbium, ib.4.8.7.2 ball,σφαιρίζουσα πίλῳ Suid.
Hist.(FHGiip.464) Fr.2.IV = Lat. pilus, as in primus pilus, Suid. (Cf. Lat. pilleus.)
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