οὖλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), η, ον, old Ep. and Ion. form of [[ὅλος]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[whole]], [[entire]], v. [[ὅλος]].<br /><br />(B), η, ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[woolly]], of [[thick]], [[fleecy]] [[wool]], τάπητες Il.16.224; χλαῖναι Od.4.50,299, etc.; χλανίδες Hermipp.47.1 (anap.); οὔλη λάχνη Il.10.134; χιτὼν οὔλων ἐρίων Ar.''Ra.''1067; εἱμάτιον ''IG''5(1).1390.21 (Andania, i B. C.); <b class="b3">οὖλαι κόμαι</b> [[crisp]], [[close-curling]] [[hair]], Od.6.231, 23.158, cf. Luc.''Im.''5; βόστρυχος οὖλος ''AP''6.201 (Marc. Arg.); <b class="b3">οὐλότατον τρίχωμα</b>, of the [[crisp]], [[woolly]] [[hair]] of the [[negro]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.70; also of persons, οὖλος ἐθείραις Ἕσπερος Call.''Del.''302; <b class="b3">σελίνων οὐλοτέρη</b>, of a [[girl]], ''AP''5.120 (Phld.); τοῖς τριχώμασιν οὖλοι D.S.3.8; of [[sheep]], αἱ οὖλαι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''596b6; ὥσπερ [[σέλινον]] οὖλα τὰ σκέλη [[φορεῖν]] ''Com.Adesp.'' 208.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of plants, [[twisted]], [[twined]], [[curly]], [[crinkled]], ἴων κορωνίδες οὖλαι Stesich.29; <b class="b3">οὔλης… σκολιὸν πλέγμα.,. ἕλικος</b>, of the vine, Simon.183. 2; σέλινον Hp.''Mul.''2.181; φύλλον Thphr.''HP''9.4.3; θρίδακες ''AP''9.412 (Phld.): neuter plural as adverb, of [[smoke]], [[curling]], οὖλα κυλινδόμενον Call. ''Fr.''1.41P.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of wood, [[compact]], [[tough]], [[close-grained]], Thphr.''HP''3.11.1,4.2.7, 5.3.7, Ph.''Bel.''66.51; ξύλα οὔλας ἔχοντα συστροφάς Thphr. ''HP''5.5.1; <b class="b3">δένδρον οὐλότερον τῇ ὄψει</b> ib.3.9.6; οὖλον [[ὄστρακον]] [[tough]], Babr. 115.10: hence metaph., like [[πυκνός]], of speech, [[compact]], [[concise]], οὖλα καὶ πυκνὰ καὶ συνεστραμμένα φθεγγομένους Plu.2.510e; of [[dancing]], [[rapid]], [[in quick tempo]], πόδεσσι οὖλα κατεκροτάλιζον Call.''Dian.''247, cf. ''Jou.''52; of [[rowing]], Id.''Epigr.''6.5; and so perhaps <b class="b3">οὖλον κεκλήγοντες</b> [[utter]]ing [[quick]] ([[frequent]]) cries, Il.17.756,759, cf. Sch. T and Eust.ad loc.; v. [[οὖλος]] (C). (Perh. cogn. with [[εἴλλω]] '[[pack tightly together]]'.)<br /><br />(C), η, ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ὀλοός]], [[destructive]], [[baneful]], [[cruel]], [[epithet]] of [[Ares]], Il.5.461,717; of [[Achilles]], 21.536; [[χεῖμα]] Bion 15.14; [[στόμιον]] Nic. ''Th.''233; οὖλος [[Ὄνειρος]] Il.2.6,8; [[cruel]], [[Ἔρως]] A.R.3.297,1078.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">οὖλον κεκλήγοντες</b>, of the [[death-cry]] of birds flying from the [[hawk]], Il. 17.756,759 (but v. [[οὖλος]] (B) 3 fin.); so later οὖλον γεράνων νέφος ''AP'' 7.543; <b class="b3">οὖλον ἀείδειν</b> ib.27 (Antip. Sid.); [[κνυζηθμός|κνυζηθμὸν]] κυνὸς οὖλον Nic. ''Th.''671.<br /><br />(D), ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[corn-sheaf]], = [[ἴουλος]] ''ΙΙ'' ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]: hence, a [[cry]] or [[song]] in honour of [[Demeter]], who was herself from this word named [[Οὐλώ]], Semus 19, Did. ap. Sch.A.R.1.972.