φλόος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, metaplast. acc.

   A φλόα Nic.Al.302: contr. φλοῦς PCair.Zen. 229.10 (iii B. C.), BGU1122.17,20 (i B. C.), v.l. in Dsc.3.147: (φλέω):— rarer form of φλοιός, παρθένιός μοι ἔπι φ., of a tree, AP9.706 (Antip.), cf. PCair.Zen. l.c. (iii B. C.).    2 the human skin, Nic. l.c.; also of the slough of serpents, Id.Th.355,392.    II φλους, Ion. for φλέως, Hdt.3.98.    III bloom of a plant, Arat.335, cf. Plu.2.683f.