τίλαι
From LSJ
ἐάν μή διδάξητε περί ἀρετὴς τούς τό ἀργύριον κλέψαντας, οὐ ταξόμεθα οἱ ὁπλῖται → if you don't teach those who have stolen money a lesson on moral virtue, we, the hoplites, will not line up
German (Pape)
[Seite 1113] αἱ, das Zerrupfte, Flocken, flockenartig in der Luft herumfliegende Kärperchen, wie Sonnenstäubchen, Plut. Symp. 8, 3.