φολιδωτός
ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ μείζονα. Καὶ ἔτι καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῖν δείκνυμι (1 Corinthians 12:31) → But go ahead and strive for the greater gifts. And I'm about to show you a still more excellent way.
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A clad in scales, of reptiles, opp. λεπιδωτός (of fishes), Arist.PA692b11, cf. HA490b24, al.; also of the signs Scorpio and Pisces, Heph.Astr.1.1; θώραξ φ. a coat of mail of small metal plates overlapping one another, scale-armour, Posidipp.26.8, Arr.Tact.3.5 (pl.); φ. χιτών Hld.9.15, v. l. for στολιδ- in X.Cyr.6.4.2; φ. φιάλη ornamented with a pattern of scales, Inscr.Délos1414aii 20, cf. 1416 Ai 100 (ii B. C.); παροψίδες, ὀξύβαφα, BGU781 i6, ii14 (i A. D.); also of the catkins of the filbert, μόρια φ. imbricated, Thphr.HP3.5.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1297] 1) geschuppt, gepanzert; von Schlangen, Eidechsen, Schildkröten, Arist. H. A. 1, 6. 8, 4; δέρμα κροκοδείλου D. Sic. 1, 35; – θώραξ φολιδωτός, ein Schuppenpanzer, aus kleinen, über einander liegenden Metallplatten schuppenartig gearbeitet, Posidipp. bei Ath. 376 f, Luc. V. H. 1, 14 u. A.; χιτών Heliod. 9, 15; vgl. Virg. Aen. 11, 771. – 2) Gefleckt, getigert.
