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