πέπλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, in late Poets also with heterocl. pl. [[πέπλα]], <span class="title">AP</span>9.616, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>418 (Cyrene) :—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[any woven cloth]] used for a covering, [[sheet]], [[carpet]], [[curtain]], [[veil]], 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> [[upper garment]] or [[mantle]] 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 [[robe]] 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 [[a man's robe]], 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> ; [[a man's cloak]] or [[robe]], <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> [[peritoneum]], 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> [[wartweed]], [[Euphorbia peplus]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Superf.</span>32</span>, Dsc.4.167.</span>