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πῖλος

πῖλος, wool made into felt; felt cap

πῖλος, ὁ,
  • 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. GA 785a27, AP 6.90 (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 IG 2(2).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. HP 3.7.4.
        • b embryo of Nelumbium, ib. 4.8.7.
      • 2 ball, σφαιρίζουσα πίλῳ Suid. Hist.(FHG ii p.464) Fr. 2.
    • IV = Lat. pilus, as in primus pilus, Suid. (Cf. Lat. pilleus.)

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