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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wool]] or [[hair]] wrought into [[felt]], used as a [[lining]] for [[helmet]]s, Il.10.265; for shoes, Hes.''Op.''542, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 220b, Luc.''Rh.Pr.''15; but <b class="b3">τὴν τῶν οἰκείων πίλων γένεσιν</b>, playfully, of the human hair, Pl.''Lg.'' 942e.<br><span class="bld">II</span> anything made of [[felt]], esp. [[close]]-[[fit]]ting [[cap]], Hes.''Op.''546, Arist.''GA''785a27, ''AP''6.90 (Phil.), etc.; <b class="b3">πίλους τιάρας φορέοντες</b> [[wear]]ing [[turban]]s [[for caps]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.12; ἀντὶ τῶν π. μιτρηφόροι ἦσαν Id.7.62, cf. 61,92; πῖλοι τοῖς δημοσίοις ''IG''22.1672.70; <b class="b3">πῖλος λευκός</b> ib.5(1).1390.13 (Andania, i B. C.); of various fashions, πῖλος Ἀρκαδικός Polyaen.4.14; Λακωνικός Poll.1.149; [[Μακεδονικός]], = [[καυσία]], Id.10.162; <b class="b3">πῖλος χαλκοῦς</b> a [[brazen]] [[cap]], i.e. [[helmet]], Ar.''Lys.''562; of the [[apex]] worn by Roman [[flamines]], D.H.2.64 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[felt shoe]], <b class="b3">λευκοὺς ὑπὸ ποσσὶν ἔχων π.</b> Cratin.100.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[felt cloth]], used for carpets, mats, tents, etc., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 4.23,73,75, Hp.Aër.18 (pl.), cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.5.7, Aen.Tact.33.3 (pl.), etc.; for horse-cloths, Plu.''Art.''11.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[felt cuirass]], [[jerkin]], Th.4.34.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[amadou]], [[Polyporus igniarius]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 3.7.4.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[embryo of Nelumbium]], ib.4.8.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ball]], σφαιρίζουσα πίλῳ Suid. Hist.(''FHG''iip.464) ''Fr.''2.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> = Lat. [[pilus]], as in [[primus pilus]], Suid. (Cf. Lat. [[pilleus]].)