πόκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, (πέκω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[wool]] in its raw state, [[fleece]], <span class="bibl">Il.12.451</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 574</span>, <span class="title">GDI</span>iv <span class="bibl">p.886</span> (Erythrae, iv B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>287</span>,<span class="bibl">774</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jd.</span>6.37</span>; οἶν μελάγχιμον πόκῳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>513</span>; πεκτεῖν . . προβάτων π. ἠρινόν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>714</span>; πέντε πόκως ἔλαβ' ἐχθές <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.20</span>; [[lock]] or [[tuft of wool]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>675</span>; ἐρίων π. <span class="bibl">Cratin.372</span>; <b class="b3">νεφέλαι πόκοις ἐρίων ὁμοῖαι</b> <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">εἰς ὄνου πόκας</b> to an ass-[[shearing]], i.e. to no-place, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>186</span>; <b class="b3">ὄνου πόκους</b> or <b class="b3">πόκας ζητεῖς</b> you ask for 'pigeons'-milk', <span class="bibl">Zen.5.38</span>, etc.:—the nom. of this phrase is given as [[πόκες]] by Sch.Ar. l.c., as [[πόκαι]] by Suid., Phot.; <b class="b3">Ὄκνου πλοκάς</b> (cf. ὄκνος ''ΙΙ'') was prob. read by Aristarch. in <span class="bibl">Cratin.348</span>, and shd. perh. be read in Ar.l.c.; οὐδεὶς πόκον εἰς γναφεῖον φέρει Arcesil. ap. Gal.8.624.</span>