πῶλος

πῶλος, ὁ and ἡ,

A foal, whether colt or filly, Il.20.222 (fem.), Od.23.246 (masc.);

ἵππους . . πάσας θηλείας, πολλῇσι δὲ πῶλοι ὑπῆσαν Il.11.681

;

ἐδάμασσε πώλους Pi.P.2.8

; νεοζυγὴς π. A.Pr.1010; κριθῶντα π. Id.Ag.1641; ὁ ἔτι ἀδάμαστος π. X.Eq.1.1; ἵπποι π., opp. ἵπποι τέλειοι, IG9(1).12.18 (Ambryssus, iii A.D.): freq. used by Poets generally for ἵππος, A.Fr.326, S.OC313, 1062 (lyr.), El.705 sq.: in races,

πώλων ἀβόλων ἅρμα IG22.2326.11

;

πώλοις τε ἀβόλοις καὶ τελείων τε καὶ ἀβόλων τοῖς μέσοις Pl.Lg.834c

: metaph., π. Κύπριδος, of courtesans, Eub.84.2.

2 any young animal: of the elephant, Arist.HA610a33; camel, ib.630b34; κάμηλος π. BGU768.2 (ii A.D.); of the dog, AP12.238 (Strat.); ass, Ev.Marc.11.2; ὄνοι π. PLille 8.9 (iii B.C.); pullet, Alex.Trall.5.6;

πῶλοι βουβαλίδων Ael.NA7.47

.

3 in Poets, in fem., young girl, maiden, Anacr.75.1, E.Hec. 142 (anap.);

πῶλον ἄζυγα λέκτρων Id.Hipp.546

(lyr.), cf. Fr.781.21 (lyr.), Cratin.87, Epicr.9;

κακῆς γυναικὸς πῶλον E.Andr.621

: less freq. masc., young man, Id.Rh.386 (anap.), Ph.947;

ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον . . ζυγέντ' ἐν ἅρμασιν πημάτων A.Ch.794

(lyr.).

II a Corinthian coin, from the figure of Pegasus upon it, E.Fr.675, cf. Poll.9.76.

III ἱερὸς π. Ἴσιδος, title of priest in Egypt, OGI739.8 (ii B.C.), PGrenf.2.20.5 (ii B.C.), PRein.10.5, al. (ii B.C.); π. alone, of a priest of Demeter and Persephone, IG5(1).1444 (Messene, iv/iii B.C.).