πολιός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, also ός, όν<span class="sense"><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>:—[[grey]], [[grizzled]], [[grisly]], 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 [[1G]] <span class="bibl">42(1).131.12</span> (Epid.); but, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> most freq. of human hair, [[grey]] from age, [[κάρη]], [[κεφαλή]], <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 [[greyhaired men]], <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., [[πολιαί]] (sc. [[τρίχες]]) <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 [[grey hairs]] 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"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τίς σε πολιᾶς ἐξανῆκε γαστρός;</b> what [[old woman's]] 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> [[an old man's]] tear, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1209</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., [[hoary]], [[venerable]], 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"><span class="bld">II</span> [[bright]], [[clear]], [[serene]], 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>

|sltr=<b>πολῐός</b> <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> of things, [[white]] [[flecked]], [[grey]] [[ἐγγὺς]] ἐλθὼν πολιᾶς ἁλὸς (O. 1.71) πολιᾶς [[ἔνδον]] θαλάσσας (O. 7.61) [[ὑπὲρ]] πολιᾶς ἁλὸς (P. 2.68) πολιῷ χαλκῷ (P. 3.48), (P. 11.20) πολιᾶς ἁλὸς (I. 4.56) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> as a [[sign]] of [[age]], [[hoary]] “φύονται δὲ καὶ νέοις ἐν ἀνδράσιν πολιαὶ (sc. [[τρίχες]]) (O. 4.26) “[[τίς]] ἀνθρώπων σε χαμαιγενέων πολιᾶς ἐξανῆκεν γαστρός;” [[Pelias]] addresses [[Jason]] [[abusively]] (P. 4.98) Ἀίδαν γῆράς τε δέξασθαι πολιὸν (I. 6.15)

|mdlsjtxt=[[πολιός]], ή, όν<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[gray]], [[grizzled]], [[grisly]], of wolves, of [[iron]], of the sea, Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[mostly]] of [[hair]], [[gray]] or [[hoary]] from age, Hom.; πολιοί [[gray]]-haired men, Od., Soph., etc.:—absol., αἱ πολιαί (sc. τρίχεσ) Pind.; ἅμα ταῖς πολιαῖς κατιούσαις as the [[gray]] hairs [[come]] [[down]] (i.e. from the [[temples]] to the [[beard]]), Ar.; π. [[δάκρυον]] ἐμβαλών an old man's [[tear]], Eur.<br />b. metaph. [[hoary]], [[venerable]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> like [[λευκός]], [[bright]], [[clear]], [[serene]], Hes., Eur.