πέπλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, in late Poets also with heterocl. pl. <b class="b3">πέπλα</b>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.616, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>418 (Cyrene) :—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">any woven cloth</b> used for a covering, <b class="b2">sheet, carpet, curtain, veil</b>, to cover a chariot, funeral-urn, seat, <span class="bibl">Il.5.194</span>, <span class="bibl">24.796</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.7.96</span> ; laid over the face of the dead, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>627</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span> 432</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span> 1421</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">upper garment</b> or <b class="b2">mantle</b> in one piece, worn by women, π. ἑανός, ποικίλος <span class="bibl">Il.5.734</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Batr.182</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.18.292</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.1.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> at Athens, the embroidered <b class="b2">robe</b> carried in procession at the Panathenaea, <span class="title">IG</span>12.80.11 ; τὸν π. . . ἕλκουσ', ὀνεύοντες . . εἰς ἄκρον ὥσπερ ἱστίον τὸν ἱστόν <span class="bibl">Stratt.30</span> ; ὁ π. μεστὸς τῶν τοιούτων ποικιλμάτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>6c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>468</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>566</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>49.3</span>, <span class="bibl">60.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> metaph. of a mythological work by Aristotle, Porph. ap. <span class="bibl">Eust.285.25</span> : pl., Tz.ad Lyc.488. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> less freq. of <b class="b2">a man's robe</b>, esp. of long Persian dresses, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>468</span>, <span class="bibl">1030</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">1060</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.1.13</span> ; <b class="b2">a man's cloak</b> or <b class="b2">robe</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>602</span>, al., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>301</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">peritoneum</b>, dub. in <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>312</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">wartweed, Euphorbia Peplus</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Superf.</span>32</span>, Dsc.4.167.</span>