πολιός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, also ός, όν<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span>, ἁλὸς πολιοῖο <span class="bibl">Il.20.229</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.410</span>, etc.; χήραν πολιόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>348</span>:—<b class="b2">grey, grizzled, grisly</b>, λύκοιο <span class="bibl">Il.10.334</span>; κορῶναι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>967</span>; σίδηρος <span class="bibl">Il.9.366</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>41</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>758</span>(lyr.); of the surging sea, πολιῆς ἐπὶ θινὶ θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">Il.4.248</span>; πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν <span class="bibl">15.190</span>; π. θάλασσα <span class="bibl">Alc.51</span>; π. πέλαγος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>350</span>(lyr.); γάλα <span class="bibl">Q.S.10.135</span>; λύκοι <b class="b2">1G</b> <span class="bibl">42(1).131.12</span> (Epid.); but, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> most freq. of human hair, <b class="b2">grey</b> from age, <b class="b3">κάρη, κεφαλή</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.22.74</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.24.317</span>, etc.; π. στῆθος Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>20.2; γῆρας π. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>6(5).15</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>258</span>; πολιοί <b class="b2">greyhaired men</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.24.499</span>; π. ματέρες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>182</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 35</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>600</span>, <span class="bibl">610</span>, <span class="bibl">692</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>127b</span> (rare in Att. Prose), <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 473</span>; Τραῖαι, ἐκ γενετῆς πολιαί <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>271</span>: Comp. -ώτεροι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 235</span>: abs., <b class="b3">πολιαί</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τρίχες</b>) <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>4.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>722a7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>898a31</span>; πολιῶν ἔσχηκας τὸν πώγωνα μεστόν <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>2.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἅμα ταῖς π. κατιούσαις</b> as the <b class="b2">grey hairs</b> come down (i. e. from the temples to the beard), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>520</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">908</span>; ἕως τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον πολιὰς σχῇ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>77</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Is.</span>47.2</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Vit.</span>p.32J.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τίς σε πολιᾶς ἐξανῆκε γαστρός;</b> what <b class="b2">old woman's</b> womb bare thee? as a sarcasm, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.98</span>; <b class="b3">π. δάκρυον ἐκβάλλων</b> <b class="b2">an old man's</b> tear, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1209</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> metaph., <b class="b2">hoary, venerable</b>, ὃς πολιῷ νόμῳ αἶσαν ὀρθοῖ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>673</span> (lyr.); κληδὼν ἐν πολιαῖσι μένει φήμαις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>701</span> (lyr.); μάθημα χρόνῳ π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>22b</span>; πλοῦτος . . χρόνῳ π. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.82b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">bright, clear, serene</b>, ἔαρ <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>477</span>, <span class="bibl">492</span>; αἰθήρ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1376</span> (lyr.); ἠήρ <span class="bibl">A.R.3.275</span>, <span class="bibl">Q.S.2.554</span>.</span>