πιλέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[πῖλος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> = [[πιλόω]] (which is rejected by ''EM''672.12), [[compress wool]], [[make it into felt]], <b class="b3">πιληθεὶς πέτασος</b> a [[felt]] hat, ''AP''6.282 (Theod.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[compress]], [[close up]], πιλοῦντες ἑαυτούς Ar. ''Lys.''577; πιλήσαντες τοὺς λόχους D.H.9.58; [[make firm]] or [[solid]], <b class="b3">π. καὶ πυκνοῦν τὴν σάρκα, τὸ σῶμα</b>, Gal.11.758,394; τρίψει… π. τὸ δέρμα Id.6.417:—Pass., to [[be close pressed]], διὰ τὸ πολὺ εἰς ὀλίγον πιληθῆναι τόπον [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''366b13; <b class="b3">χθὼν… οὔπω πιληθεῖσα</b> [[made solid]], A.R.4.678; ὕδατι πιληθεῖσα μᾶζα [[kneaded]], APl.4.333 (Antiphil.); to [[be condensed]], [σελήνην] νέφος εἶναι πεπιλημένον Xenoph. ap. ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''2.25.4; of air, Hero ''Spir.''1 ''Praef.''; of a man, παγκρατιαστὴς ὑπὸ τῆς πυκνότητος σαρκῶν πεπιλημένος Ph.2.449, cf. Porph.''Chr.''35; <b class="b3">ἰσχνός, τὴν σάρκα πεπιλ</b>. J.''BJ''6.1.6; <b class="b3">τοῖς χείλεσι πιλουμένοις</b> [[compressed]], Sch.D.T.p.43 H.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">π. πουλύπουν</b> [[pound]] a polypus so as to make it tender, πουλύπου πιλουμένου Ar.''Fr.''191; π. πλεκτάνας Eub.150.7, cf. Arist. ''HA''622a16 (Pass.), Zen.3.24.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph. in Pass., to [[be oppressed]], [[overwhelmed]], κακοῖς Hegesias ap.[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''18; τῷ θανάτῳ πεπιλημένος Agath.5.3.