πάππος
κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς → people are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A grandfather, Hdt.3.55, Ar.Eq.447, Nu.65, And.3.6; π. καὶ πάππου πατήρ Pl.Lg.856d; π. ὁ πρὸς μητρὸς ἢ πατρός on the mother's or father's side, ibid., cf. CIG1628, 3332, Poll.3.16: in pl., grandparents, CIG2837b (p.1117); also, generally, ascendants, ancestors, Pl.Tht.174e; ἐπὶ πάππους δύο ἢ τρεῖς ἢ πλείους [ὁρίζεσθαι πολίτην] Arist.Pol.1275b24; εἰς τρίτον π. ἀναφέρειν τὸ γένος D.H.4.47; φυσάτω πάππους παρ' ἡμῖν Ar.Av.765, with pun on signf. 111, cf. Sch. ad loc. 2 a character in Com. dramas, Pantaloon, Poll.4.143. II down on the seeds of certain plants, γραίας ἀκάνθης π. S.Fr.868; π. ἀπ' ἀκάνθης Eub.107.19: pl., Thphr.Sign.37, Arat.921, Dsc.4.96, Alex.33; = ἀκανθίς 11, Plin.HN25.168. 2 first down on the chin, opp. μύσταξ, Ruf.Onom.49, Poll.2.80, Eust.1353.57, Suid. III a small bird in whose nest the cuckoo lays (cf. ὑπολαΐς), Ael.NA3.30, Sch.Ar.Av.766.
