πέτασος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, also ἡ Eratosth. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.499e</span>; <b class="b3">πετάσῳ Θετταλικῇ</b> is prob. cj. for <b class="b3">πίλῳ Θετταλικῇ</b> in <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.8.7</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">9</span>) : (πετάννυμι) :—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[broad-brimmed felt hat]], worn by [[ἔφηβοι]] and hence used as their badge, <span class="bibl">Poll.10.164</span>, Suid.; <b class="b3">γυμνάσιον καθίδρυσε καὶ τοὺς κρατίστους τῶν ἐφήβων ὑπὸ πέτασον ἦγεν</b>, i.e. made them practise gymnastics, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ma.</span>4.12</span>; also in representations of Hermes, Ephipp. ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.12.537f</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> from its shape, [[broad umbellated leaf]], as of the lotus, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.8.9</span>; <b class="b3">φύλλον μέγα ὡς π</b>. Dsc.2.106. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> from its shape, also, [[awning]], ὁ π. τοῦ θεάτρου <span class="title">OGI</span>510.4 (Ephesus, ii A. D.), <span class="title">CIG</span>3422.17 (Philadelphia); also, of the [[circular tomb]] of Porsenna, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>36.92</span>; [[baldacchino]], PMag.Leid.W.3.11.</span>