πίσσα
ἀσκεῖν περὶ τὰ νοσήματα δύο, ὠφελεῖν ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm
English (LSJ)
Att. πίττᾰ, ἡ,
A pitch, Il.4.277, Hdt.4.195, Call.Hec.1.4.4, etc.: gen. pl. written πισᾶν IG42(1).102.278 (Epid., iv B. C.); but sg. πίσσας ib.238,240: distd. as π. ὠμή and ἑψηθεῖσα, Thphr.HP3.9.2, cf. Plb.5.89.6, Hp.Mul.1.37; π. ὑγρά raw pitch, Dsc.1.72.1, PLond. 3.1171.11; opp. ξηρά, Dsc.1.72.5, PLond.3.929.66, SIG1171.14 (Lebena), cf. παλίμπισσα; ὀρὸς πίσσης, = πίσσανθος, Hp.Ulc.12: prov., μελάντερον ἠΰτε πίσσα Il.l.c.; ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται, i.e. he has got the first taste of misery, D.50.26, cf. Theoc.14.51; πέπονθα . . ὄσσα κἡμ πίσσῃ μῦς Herod.2.62. II resin, used for treating winejars, PCair.Zen.481 (iii B. C.). (Cf. Lat. pix.)
