πιλόω
From LSJ
ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον → how God ever brings like men together | birds of a feather flock together | how the god always leads like to like | as ever, god brings like and like together | as always the god brings like to like
English (LSJ)
=πιλέω, of the effect of cold,
A contract, opp. μανόω, ὁ χειμὼν πιλώσας τὰς ῥίζας Thphr.CP
German (Pape)
[Seite 615] = πιλέω, Theophr. u. Sp.; Eubul. bei Ath. II, 65 c, πλεκτάνας.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πῑλόω: πιλέω, ἐπὶ τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ ψύχους, συστέλλω, μανόω, ὁ χειμὼν πιλώσας τὰς ῥίζας Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 3. 23, 5, πρβλ. 1. 12, 3, κτλ. ― Παθ., νέφη ἐκ τῶν ἀτμῶν πιλοῦσθαι Δημόκρ. παρὰ Πλουτ. 2. 898Α.