πίτυλος
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A sweep of oars, νεὼς π. εὐήρης, periphr. for a ship and its oars, E.IT1050, cf. 1346, Tr. 1123: pl., Hp. ap. Gal.19.131; ναῦς ὅταν ἐκ πιτύλων ῥοθιάζῃ Ar.Fr.84: metaph., ἑνὶ π. with one sweep, all together, A.Pers.976 (lyr.). 2 shower, torrent, δακρύων E.Hipp.1464 (anap.); of blows, Theoc.22.127, cf. Poll.2.147; ἄρασσε κρᾶτα πιτύλους διδοῦσα χειρός E.Tr.1236 (lyr.). 3 onslaught, π. Ἀργείου δορός Id.Heracl.834, cf. Fr.495.11; δὶς δὲ δυοῖν πιτύλοιν τείχη . . κατέλυσεν αἰχμά Id.Tr.817 (lyr.); with allusion to signf. 1, ἐρέσσετ' ἀμφὶ κρατὶ πόμπιμον χεροῖν π. A.Th. 856 (lyr.). b attack, fit, μανίας E.IT307; ἆρ' ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν π. ἥκομεν φόβου; are we victims of the same attack of fear, i.e. are we seeing the same phantasms? Id.HF816; μαινομένῳ π. πλαγχθείς ib.1189 (lyr.); π. σκύφου the mad fit of the wine-cup, Id.Alc.798: as Adj., mad, Phld.Rh.1.251 S. (s.v.l.).
