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οὖλος

οὖλος, [whole, entire]>ὅλος

οὖλος2, woolly, woollen, curly, compact, rapid

οὖλος3, destructive, baneful

οὖλος4, grain-sheaf

οὖλος (A), η, ον, old Ep. and Ion. form of ὅλος,
  • whole, entire, v. ὅλος.
οὖλος (B), η, ον,
  • 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 IG 5(1).1390.21 (Andania, i B. C.); οὖλαι κόμαι crisp, close-curling hair, Od. 6.231, 23.158, cf. Luc. Im. 5; βόστρυχος οὖλος AP 6.201 (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, AP 5.120 (Phld.); τοῖς τριχώμασιν οὖλοι D.S. 3.8; of sheep, αἱ οὖλαι Arist. HA 596b6; 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. HP 9.4.3; θρίδακες AP 9.412 (Phld.): neut. pl. as Adv., of smoke, curling, οὖλα κυλινδόμενον Call. Fr. 1.41P.
      • 3 of wood, compact, tough, close-grained, Thphr. HP 3.11.1, 4.2.7, 5.3.7, Ph. Bel. 66.51; ξύλα οὔλας ἔχοντα συστροφάς Thphr. HP 5.5.1; 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. Garr. 2.510e; of dancing, rapid, in quick tempo, πόδεσσι οὖλα κατεκροτάλιζον Call. Dian. 247, cf. Call. Jov. 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’.)
οὖλος (C), η, ον,
  • = 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.
οὖλος (D), ὁ,
  • corn-sheaf, = ἴουλος II (q.v.), Hsch.: hence, a cry or song in honour of Demeter, who was herself from this word named Οὐλώ, Semus 19, Did. ap. Sch. A.R. 1.972.

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