πόκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ([[πέκω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wool]] in its raw state, [[fleece]], Il.12.451, Ar.''Lys.'' 574, ''GDI''iv p.886 (Erythrae, iv B.C.), ''PCair.Zen.''287,774 (iii B.C.), [[LXX]] ''Jd.''6.37; οἶν μελάγχιμον πόκῳ E.''El.''513; πεκτεῖν.. προβάτων π. ἠρινόν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''714; πέντε πόκως ἔλαβ' ἐχθές Theoc.15.20; [[lock]] or [[tuft of wool]], S.''Tr.''675; ἐρίων π. Cratin.372; <b class="b3">νεφέλαι πόκοις ἐρίων ὁμοῖαι</b> [[Theophrastus]] ''Sign.''13.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">εἰς ὄνου πόκας</b> to an ass-[[shearing]], i.e. to no-place, Ar.''Ra.''186; <b class="b3">ὄνου πόκους</b> or <b class="b3">πόκας ζητεῖς</b> you ask for 'pigeons'-milk', Zen.5.38, etc.:—the nom. of this phrase is given as [[πόκες]] by Sch.Ar. [[l.c.]], as [[πόκαι]] by Suid., Phot.; <b class="b3">Ὄκνου πλοκάς</b> (cf. [[ὄκνος]] ''ΙΙ'') was prob. read by Aristarch. in Cratin.348, and should perhaps be read in Ar.l.c.; οὐδεὶς πόκον εἰς γναφεῖον φέρει Arcesil. ap. Gal.8.624.