πάσσαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. πάττ-, ὁ, Ep. gen. [[πασσαλόφι]] (v. infr.), (πήγνυμι) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[peg]] on which to hang clothes, arms, etc., ἀπὸ πασσαλόφι ζυγὸν ᾕρεον <span class="bibl">Il. 24.268</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.209</span> ; ἀπὸ πασσάλου αἴνυτο τόξον <span class="bibl">Od. 21.53</span> ; ἀπὸ φόρμιγγα πασσάλου λάμβαν' <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">B.<span class="title">Scol.Oxy.</span>1361.1.1</span> ; ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγα <span class="bibl">Od.8.67</span> ; χαλινοὺς… ἐκ πασσάλων δέουσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.72</span>, v. [[ἐκ]] <span class="bibl">1.6</span> ; [χιτῶνα] πασσάλῳ ἀγκρεμάσασα <span class="bibl">Od.1.440</span> ; κύλιξ… κρέμαται περὶ πασσαλόφιν <span class="bibl">Hermipp.55</span> ; ἐπὶ τῶν παττάλων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>681a25</span> ; παττάλους ἐνέκρουεν εἰς τὸν τοῖχον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>129</span> ; [[peg]] for making a hole in a vine-stem, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.5.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CP</span>3.12.1</span> ; used to force open the mouth or as a gag, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>376</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>222</span> ; of [[stakes]] used to mark boundaries, <span class="title">IG</span>14.352i38 (Halaesa) ; [[pale]], <span class="bibl">Apollod. <span class="title">Poliorc.</span> 140.7</span>, al. :—[[proverb|prov.]] of things very small or worthless, <b class="b3">ἔχουσι μηδὲ πάτταλον</b> not [[a pin]] (i. e. no part of their fee), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>284</span> ; μηδὲ π. καταλιπεῖν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Jud.Voc.</span>9</span> ; παττάλου γυμνότερος <span class="bibl">Aristaenet.2.18</span> ; also πάσσαλος πασσάλῳ ἐκκρούεται <span class="bibl">Eust. 126.13</span>, cf. <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>494 ; <b class="b3">εἶναι ἐν πασσάλοις</b>, i.e. to be hung up, not in use, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>1.268</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> from the like ness of form, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[membrum virile]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1020</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.128 (Autom.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἵππος ὀρθόκωλος]], <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>115.</span>