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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[grandfather]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.55, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''447, ''Nu.''65, And.3.6; π. καὶ πάππου πατήρ Pl.''Lg.''856d; <b class="b3">π. ὁ πρὸς μητρὸς ἢ πατρός</b> on the mother's or father's side, ibid., cf. ''CIG''1628, 3332, Poll.3.16: in plural, [[grandparents]], ''CIG''2837b (p.1117); also, generally, [[ascendants]], [[ancestors]], Pl.''Tht.''174e; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πάππους δύο ἢ τρεῖς ἢ πλείους [ὁρίζεσθαι πολίτην]</b> Arist.''Pol.''1275b24; εἰς τρίτον π. ἀναφέρειν τὸ γένος D.H.4.47; φυσάτω πάππους παρ' ἡμῖν Ar.''Av.''765, with pun on signf. ''III'', cf. Sch. ad loc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> a character in Com. dramas, ''Pantaloon'', Poll.4.143.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[down on the seeds]] of certain plants, γραίας ἀκάνθης π. S.''Fr.''868; π. ἀπ' ἀκάνθης Eub.107.19: pl., [[Theophrastus]] ''Sign.''37, Arat.921, Dsc.4.96, ''Alex.''33; = [[ἀκανθίς]] II, Plin.''HN''25.168.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[first down on the chin]], opp. [[μύσταξ]], Ruf.''Onom.''49, Poll.2.80, Eust.1353.57, Suid.<br><span class="bld">III</span> a small bird in whose nest the cuckoo lays (cf. [[ὑπολαΐς]]), Ael.''NA''3.30, Sch.Ar.''Av.''766.