καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θώρακα → just as a snake sheds its old skin
subs.
P. and V. πηλός, ὁ.
Potter's clay: P. κέραμος, ὁ, P. and V. πηλός, ὁ.
Figures in clay: P. πήλινοι, οἱ.
Fashioned from clay, adj.: V. πηλόπλαστος (Aesch., Frag.), P. πήλινος; see earthen.
