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Att. πιττ-, (πίσσα)

   A pitch over, pitch, τὰς ὀροφάς IG22.659.25; τὰς ναῦς Sch.Ar.Pl.1093 :—Pass., Chrysipp.Stoic.2.110, Dsc.5.12,31 ; of bronze statues, in order to take casts of them, Luc.JTr. 33; in order to clean them, Id.Lex.11.    II Med., remove the hair by means of a pitch-plaster, οἱ βάρβαροι πιττοῦνται τὰ σώματα Theopomp. Hist.195, cf. Luc.Rh.Pr.23; πιττούμενος τὰ σκέλη Id.Demon.50, cf. Merc.Cond.33.