ἴουλος
ἀλλὰ τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → why all this about trees and rocks, why all these things we have nothing to do with
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], ὁ,
A down, the first growth of the whiskers and beard, in pl., πρίν σφωϊν ὑπὸ κροτάφοισιν ἰούλους ἀνθῆσαι Od.11.319: later in sg., στείχει δ' ἴ. ἄρτι διὰ παρηΐδων A.Th.534; πρᾶτον ἴ. ἀπὸ κροτάφων καταβάλλειν Theoc.15.85; ἔτι χνοάοντας ἰούλους ἀντέλλων A.R.2.43; ὑπὸ κροτάφοισιν ἰούλους κειράμενος AP6.198 (Antip. Thess.); ἰούλοις πλῆσαι παρειάς IG14.1601. II corn-sheaf, whence Demeter is said to be named Ἰουλώ, Semus 19, Carm.Pop.1. 2 song in honour of Demeter, Semus l.c., Apollod.Hist.149 J., Eratosth.Fr.10. III catkin, Thphr.HP3.5.5,3.7.3; tendril, ib.3.18.11. IV creature like the centipede, prob. the wood-louse, Arist.HA523b18, PA682b3, Thphr.Sign.19,Arat.959; earthworm, Numen. ap. Ath.7.305a. V = ἰουλίς, Eratosth.Fr.12 (pl.). (Perh. cogn. with οὖλος, q.v.)
