πεσσός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[πεττός]], ὁ, heterocl. pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> πεσσά <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>429</span>, <span class="bibl">Euph.61</span>:— [[oval]]-shaped [[stone]] for [[play]]ing [[draught]]s or [[backgammon]], usually in plural (<b class="b3">λευκοῖο σημήϊα π</b>. <span class="title">AP</span>9.482.21 (Agath.)), πεσσοῖσι… θυμὸν ἔτερπον <span class="bibl">Od.1.107</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Hdt.1.94</span>; τοὶ μὲν ἵπποις... τοὶ δὲ πεσσοῖς… τέρπονται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>129.4</span>; πεττῶν θέσις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>333b</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφηῦρε πεσσοὺς κύβους τε</b> (''[[sc.]]'' Palamedes) <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>479.4</span>; <b class="b3">πόλεις πεσσῶν ὁμοίως διαφοραῖς ἐκτις μέναι</b> as if moved from place to place like draughts, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>360.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἒν μὲν τόδ' ἡμῖν, ὥσπερ ἐν πεσσοῖς, δίδως κρεῖσσον</b> you have given me a [[piece]] (as at [[chess]]), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>409</span>; κατὰ τὸν ἐν πεττοῖς νόμον = according to the [[rule]] of the [[dice]] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>987</span>; πεττῶν δίκην τὰς κοινὰς ἐννοίας μετατιθείς Plu.2.1068c; <b class="b3">ἐν πεττοῖς καὶ κύβοις διημερεύειν</b> ib.272f; ἄζυξ ὢν ὥσπερ ἐν πεττοῖς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1253a7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> the [[board]] on which the [[game]] was [[play]]ed, <b class="b3">πεσσὰ πεντέγραμμα</b>, since the pieces were placed on five lines, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>429</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">οἱ πεσσοί</b> the [[place]] in which the game was played, or the [[game]] itself, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>68</span>; ἔνθα Διὸς… θᾶκοι π. τε καλοῦνται <span class="bibl">Cratin.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[medicated]] [[plug]] of [[wool]] or [[lint]] to be introduced into the [[vagina]], [[anus]], etc., [[pessary]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.20.4</span>, Dsc.1.106, 2.61, <span class="bibl">Cels.5.21</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> any [[oval]] [[body]], π. ἐκ μολύβδου <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Mith.</span>31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ticket]] or [[tally]] showing [[attendance]] at an [[ἐκκλησία]], <span class="title">JHS</span>8.118 (Iasus). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[bolt]] of a [[door]], <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>121.616, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 2146.10</span> (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in Archit., [[cubic mass of building]], [[terrace]], <span class="bibl">Str.16.1.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1272.6</span> (ii A. D.), <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Aed.</span>1.1.37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[dark edge of the pupil]] (in the eye), <span class="bibl">Poll.2.71</span>, Hsch.</span>