σίλλος

English (LSJ)

(not σιλλός, Hdn.Gr.2.918), ὁ,

   A squint-eyed, ἐγὼ . . σ. γεγένημαί σε περιορῶν Luc.Lex.3 (ἰλλός cj. Hemsterhuis).    II satirical poem or lampoon in hexam. verse, such as those written by Timo of Phlius (cf. σιλλογράφος), D.L.9.111; applied to the poems of Xenophanes of Colophon by Str.14.1.28, Sch.Ar.Eq.406, Procl.ad Hes. Op.284, Sch.Il.2.212, Eust.204.22: in general, τὸν σ. ψόγον λέγουσι μετὰ παιδιᾶς δυσαρέστου Ael.VH3.40, cf. Poll.2.54, Sch.Luc.Prom. 8.