πίσσανθος
From LSJ
πρὸς ἀλέξησιν τραπομένους → preparing to defend themselves
English (LSJ)
εος, τό,
A the oily fluid that rises to the surface when the raw pitch is left to stand, Gal.11.520.
German (Pape)
[Seite 619] τό, der dünne, obenauf schwimmende Theil des flüssigen Pechs, flos picis, auch πισσέλαιον u. ὄῤῥος πίσσης, Galen. u. a. Sp.