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Il.22.78, etc.: fut. τῐλῶ (ἀπο-) Cratin.123, (παρα-) Ar.Eq. 373: aor.

   A ἔτῑλα Theoc.3.21, (ἀπ-) Ar.Lys.578. Fr.686: pf. τέτιλκα PCair.Zen.782 (b.).121 (iii B.C.):—Med., Ep. impf. τιλλέσθην Il.24.711: fut. τῐλοῦμαι (παρα-) Men.363.5:—Pass., aor. ἐτίλθην Ar.Nu. 1083: 2 aor. ἐτίλην [ῐ] LXX Da.7.4; 3sg. imper. τιλήτωι PFay.131.18 (iii/iv A.D.); part. τειλείς (i.e. τιλ-) PFlor.322.36 (iii A.D.): pf. τέτιλμαι LXXIs.18.7, (ἐκ-) Anacr.21.10, (ἀπο-) Anaxil.22.20, (παρα-) Ar.Ra.516:—pluck or pull outhair, etc., πολιὰς δ' ἄρ' ἀνὰ τρίχας ἕλκετο χερσί, τίλλων ἐκ κεφαλῆς Il.22.78; τίλλε κόμην ib.406; τρίχας Men. Epit.271, Her.5; ἐρέβινθον PCair.Zen.719.6 (iii B.C.); τ. στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν Ev.Matt.12.1; τ. χόρτον τοῖς κτῆσι PFlor.321.47 (iii A.D.):— Med., Χαίτας τίλλεσθαι pluck out one's hair, Od.10.567.    2 with acc. of that from which the hair or feathers are plucked, τίλλειν πέλειαν, of birds of prey, 15.527, cf. Hdt.3.76; κίρκον εἰσορῶ . . χηλαῖς κάρα τίλλοντα A.Pers.209; τίλλουσι τὴν γλαῦκα, of small birds attacking the owl, Arist.HA609a15; so of the cuckoo, ib.618a29 (Pass.); as a description of an idle fellow, τίλλων ἑαυτόν Ar.Pax 546, cf. Ra.428; of a cook, pluck a fowl, Eub.150.5, cf. Plu.2.233a; also τ. λαγών Ar.Fr.212; τ. πλάτανον pluck its leaves off, Plu.Them. 18; τὸν στέφανον τῖλαί με κατ' αὐτίκα λεπτὰ ποησεῖς Theoc. l.c.; κῴδια τ. PPetr.2p.108 = 3p.78 (iii B.C.); also, pluck live sheep, instead of shearing, τοῖς τίλλουσιν τὰ ὑποδίφθερα (sc. πρόβατα) PCair.Zen.430.3 (iii B.C.), cf. Suid. s.v. πεκτῆρες:—Pass., have one's hair plucked out, Ar.Th.593; τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι, as a punishment of adulterers, Id.Nu.1083; v. παρατίλλω, τέφρα.    3 c. acc. cogn., τίλματα τ. Plu.2.48b, cf. Herod.2.70.    4 τ. μέλη pluck the harp-strings, play harp-tunes, Cratin.256 (lyr.).    5 pick so as to extract fibre, τετίλκασι στιππύου δέσμας σ PCair.Zen.l.c.    6 νεφέλιον παρατεταμένον καὶ τιλλόμενον cirrous, Thphr.Sign.43.    II since tearing the hair was a usual expression of sorrow, τίλλεσθαί τινα tear one's hair in sorrow for any one, τόν γ' ἄλοχός τε φίλη καὶ πότνια μήτηρ τιλλέσθην Il.24.711: without acc., τιλλόμενοι καὶ κλαίοντες Phld.Ir. p.36 W.    III metaph., pluck, vex, annoy, Anacr.13B; στέφανον τ., = τοὺς νόμους λυμαίνεσθαι, Pythag. ap. Porph.VP42:—Pass., ὑπὸ συκοφαντῶν τίλλεσθαι, with allusion to a bird's feathers, Ar.Av.285. (Not found in Att. Prose.)