φολίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[horny]] [[scale]], of [[reptile]]s, opp. [[λεπίς]] (of [[fish]]es), <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>490b22</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>691a16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.221</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.438</span>, Epic. ap. Sch. <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>257</span>; but interchanged with [[λεπίς]], <span class="bibl">D.S.17.105</span>, etc.; φ. χαλκοῦ <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vid.Ac.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[spot]] on a [[panther]]'s or [[leopard]]'s [[skin]], <span class="bibl">Hld. 10.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> φ. [[λιθοκόλλητος]] = a [[ceiling]] in [[mosaic]] [[work]], <span class="bibl">D.S.18.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> a [[bandage]], Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.48.20.11</span>.</span>