πηλός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(Dor. [[παλός]] <span class="bibl">Sophr.32</span>, <span class="bibl">Cerc.3.3</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1447.16 (Messene, iii/ii B. C.)), ὁ, Syrac. ἡ Phryn.38 :—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[clay]], [[earth]], used by [[mason]]s and [[potter]]s, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.36</span>, <span class="bibl">136</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1143</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.76</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>147a</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.15.35.2</span>; πηλὸν [[ὀργάζειν]] <span class="bibl">Eup.248</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>482</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">510</span>, <span class="bibl">787</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>839</span>; <b class="b3">πηλὸς ἠχυρωμένος</b> [[clay]] [[mixed]] with [[chaff]] for use as [[mortar]], <span class="title">IG</span>22.463.42, cf. 5(1)l.c., <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ge.</span>11.3</span>; <b class="b3">εὐώδεϊ πηλῷ</b>, of [[earth]] on which [[wine]] has been poured, <span class="bibl">Tryph.349</span>; <b class="b3">Βρομιώδεα πηλὸν  φύρησαν… Χάριτες</b>, of a [[drinking cup]], <span class="title">AP</span>11.27 (Maced.): metaph., [[clay]] from which man was made: hence <b class="b3">ὁ πηλὸς ὁ Προμηθεῖος</b>, of man, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>87</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">133</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>686</span>; ἐκ ποίου πηλοῦ πεφύρητ' εἰδότα <span class="bibl">Herod.2.29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[mud]], [[mire]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.5</span>, <span class="bibl">4.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>248</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>363d</span>, etc.: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἔξω κομίζειν πηλοῦ πόδα]] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>697</span>; <b class="b3">κάσις πηλοῦ ξύνουρος</b>, i. e. [[dust]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>495</span>: metaph., ἀνέρες ὧν τὸ κέαρ παλῶ σέσακται Cerc. l.c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Poet., [[thick]] or [[muddy]] [[wine]], [[lees]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>783</span>; of [[wine]] spilt on the [[floor]], Plu.2.463a, <span class="bibl">Charito 1.3</span>; cf. [[Πηλεύς]] fin. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[dolt]], [[blockhead]], Com. Adesp.<span class="bibl">890</span>.</span>