πελανός

πελᾰνός (on the accent, v. Hdn.Gr. 1.178, Eust. 1601.4; πέλανος freq. in codd.), ὁ,

• any thick liquid substance, of various consistency, πελανῷ with oil, A. Ag. 96 (anap.); ῥοφεῖν ἐρυθρὸν ἐκ μελέων π. the red blood, Id. Eu. 265 (lyr.); π. αἱματοσταγής a reeking mass of slaughter, Id. Pers. 816; π. αἱματηρός, of clotted blood, E. Alc. 851, Rh. 430; ἀφρώδης π., of foam at the mouth, Id. Or. 220; π. μελίσσης honey, Id. Fr. 467.5; πιαλέοι π., of gum in the eyes, Heliod. ap. Stob. 4.36.8.
• • II mixture offered to the gods and the dead, of meal, honey, and oil, liquid enough to be poured, χέουσα τόνδε π. ἐν τύμβῳ πατρός A. Ch. 92; χοὴν π. τε E. Fr. 912 (anap.); burnt on the altar, Id. Ion 707 (lyr.), Tr. 1063 (pl., lyr.), Ar. Pl. 661, etc.; θῦσαι πελανόν A. Pers. 204, E. Ion 226 (anap.), cf. Pl. Lg. 782c, IG 1(2).76.36, 2(2).140; ἐς τὴν τρώγλην τὸν π. ἔνθες τοῦ δράκοντος Herod. 4.91.
  • • 2 meal made from barley and wheat, of which this mixture was made, π. καλοῦμεν ἡμεῖς οἱ θεοί, ἃ καλεῖτε . . ἄλφιθʼ ὑμεῖς οἱ βροτοί Sannyr. 1; μύλης πελανοί A.R. 1.1077.
  • III round cakes offered to the gods, πέμματα ἐπιχώρια . ., ἃ πελανοὺς καλοῦσιν ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς Ἀθηναῖοι Paus. 8.2.3: hence (from the shape),
  • • 2 as a measure of weight, = ὀβολός, Nic. Al. 488, cf. Suid.; θη῾αυρὸν . . τοῖς π. κλᾳκτόν Schwyzer 89.12 (Argos, iii B. C.), cf. 322.2 (Delph., v/iv B. C.):—Lacon. πέλανορ, = τετράχαλκον, Hsch.