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πάππος

πάππος, a grandfather

πάππος, ὁ,
  • grandfather, Hdt. 3.55, Ar. Eq. 447, Nu. 65, And. 3.6; π. καὶ πάππου πατήρ Pl. Lg. 856d; π. ὁ πρὸς μητρὸς ἢ πατρός on the motherʼs or fatherʼs side, ibid., cf. CIG 1628, 3332, Poll. 3.16: in pl., grandparents, CIG 2837b (p.1117); also, generally, ascendants, ancestors, Pl. Tht. 174e; ἐπὶ πάππους δύο ἢ τρεῖς ἢ πλείους [ὁρίζεσθαι πολίτην] Arist. Pol. 1275b24; εἰς τρίτον π. ἀναφέρειν τὸ γένος D.H. 4.47; φυσάτω πάππους παρʼ ἡμῖν Ar. Av. 765, with pun on signf. III, cf. Sch. ad loc.
      • 2 a character in Com. dramas, Pantaloon, Poll. 4.143.
    • II down on the seeds of certain plants, γραίας ἀκάνθης π. S. Fr. 868; π. ἀπʼ ἀκάνθης Eub. 107.19: pl., Thphr. Sign. 37, Arat. 921, Dsc. 4.96, Alex. 33; = ἀκανθίς II, Plin. HN 25.168.
      • 2 first down on the chin, opp. μύσταξ, Ruf. Onom. 49, Poll. 2.80, Eust. 1353.57, Suid.
    • III a small bird in whose nest the cuckoo lays (cf. ὑπολαΐς), Ael. NA 3.30, Sch. Ar. Av. 766.

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