πίσσα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. πίττᾰ, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[pitch]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.277</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.195</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1.4.4</span>, etc.: gen. pl. written πισᾶν <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).102.278 (Epid., iv B. C.); but sg. [[πίσσας]] ib.238,240: distd. as <b class="b3">π. ὠμή</b> and [[ἑψηθεῖσα]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.9.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.5.89.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.37</span>; <b class="b3">π. ὑγρά</b> raw [[pitch]], Dsc.1.72.1, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span> 3.1171.11</span>; opp. [[ξηρά]], Dsc.1.72.5, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.929.66</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>1171.14 (Lebena), cf. <b class="b3">παλίμπισσα; ὀρὸς πίσσης</b>, = [[πίσσανθος]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ulc.</span>12</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">μελάντερον ἠΰτε πίσσα</b> Il.l.c.; <b class="b3">ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται</b>, i.e. he has got the first taste of misery, <span class="bibl">D.50.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.51</span>; πέπονθα… ὄσσα κἡμ πίσσῃ μῦς <span class="bibl">Herod.2.62</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[resin]], used for treating winejars, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>481</span> (iii B. C.). (Cf. Lat. [[pix]].) </span>