φολίς

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ,

   A horny scale, of reptiles, opp. λεπίς (of fishes), Arist. HA490b22, PA691a16, cf. A.R.1.221, Opp.C.3.438, Epic. ap. Sch. Nic.Th.257; but interchanged with λεπίς, D.S.17.105, etc.; φ. χαλκοῦ Hp.Vid.Ac.6.    II spot on a panther's or leopard's skin, Hld. 10.27.    III φ. λιθοκόλλητος a ceiling in mosaic work, D.S.18.26.    IV a bandage, Heliod. ap. Orib.48.20.11.