φολιδωτός

English (LSJ)

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   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.