πῖλος

English (LSJ)

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   A wool or hair wrought into felt, used as a lining for helmets, Il.10.265 ; for shoes, Hes.Op.542, cf. Pl.Smp.220b, Luc.Rh.Pr.15; but τὴν τῶν οἰκείων πίλων γένεσιν, playfully, of the human hair, Pl.Lg. 942e.    II anything made of felt, esp. close-fitting cap, Hes.Op.546, Arist.GA785a27, AP6.90 (Phil.), etc.; πίλους τιάρας φορέοντες wearing turbans for caps, Hdt.3.12; ἀντὶ τῶν π. μιτρηφόροι ἦσαν Id.7.62, cf. 61,92 ; πῖλοι τοῖς δημοσίοις IG22.1672.70 ; π. λευκός ib.5(1).1390.13 (Andania, i B. C.); of various fashions, π. Ἀρκαδικός Polyaen.4.14; Λακωνικός Poll.1.149 ; Μακεδονικός, = καυσία, Id.10.162 ; π. χαλκοῦς a brazen cap, i. e. helmet, Ar.Lys.562 ; of the apex worn by Roman flamines, D.H.2.64 (pl.).    2 felt shoe, λευκοὺς ὑπὸ ποσσὶν ἔχων π. Cratin.100.    3 felt cloth, used for carpets, mats, tents, etc., Hdt. 4.23,73,75, Hp.Aër.18 (pl.), cf. X.Cyr.5.5.7, Aen.Tact.33.3 (pl.), etc.; for horse-cloths, Plu.Art.11.    4 felt cuirass, jerkin, Th.4.34.    III amadou, Polyporus igniarius, Thphr.HP3.7.4.    b embryo of Nelumbium, ib.4.8.7.    2 ball, σφαιρίζουσα πίλῳ Suid. Hist.(FHGiip.464) Fr.2.    IV = Lat. pilus, as in primus pilus, Suid. (Cf. Lat. pilleus.)