πιλέω: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=(πῖλος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[πιλόω]] (which is rejected by <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>672.12</span>), <b class="b2">compress wool, make it into felt</b>, <b class="b3">πιληθεὶς πέτασος</b> a <b class="b2">felt</b> hat, <span class="title">AP</span>6.282 (Theod.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> generally, <b class="b2">compress, close up</b>, πιλοῦντες ἑαυτούς <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Lys.</span>577</span> ; πιλήσαντες τοὺς λόχους <span class="bibl">D.H.9.58</span>; <b class="b2">make firm</b> or <b class="b2">solid</b>, <b class="b3">π. καὶ πυκνοῦν τὴν σάρκα, τὸ σῶμα</b>, Gal.11.758,394; τρίψει . . π. τὸ δέρμα Id.6.417 :—Pass., <b class="b2">to be close pressed</b>, διὰ τὸ πολὺ εἰς ὀλίγον πιληθῆναι τόπον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>366b13</span> ; <b class="b3">χθὼν . . οὔπω πιληθεῖσα</b> <b class="b2">made solid</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.678</span>; ὕδατι πιληθεῖσα μᾶζα <b class="b2">kneaded</b>, APl.4.333 (Antiphil.); <b class="b2">to be condensed</b>, [σελήνην] νέφος εἶναι πεπιλημένον Xenoph. ap. <span class="title">Placit.</span>2.25.4 ; of air, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>1</span> <span class="title">Praef.</span>; of a man, παγκρατιαστὴς ὑπὸ τῆς πυκνότητος σαρκῶν πεπιλημένος <span class="bibl">Ph.2.449</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Chr.</span>35</span> ; <b class="b3">ἰσχνός, τὴν σάρκα πεπιλ</b>. <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>6.1.6</span> ; <b class="b3">τοῖς χείλεσι πιλουμένοις</b> <b class="b2">compressed</b>, Sch.D.T.<span class="bibl">p.43</span> H. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">π. πουλύπουν</b> <b class="b2">pound</b> a polypus so as to make it tender, πουλύπου πιλουμένου <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>191</span> ; π. πλεκτάνας <span class="bibl">Eub.150.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>622a16</span> (Pass.), <span class="bibl">Zen.3.24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph. in Pass., <b class="b2">to be oppressed, overwhelmed</b>, κακοῖς Hegesias ap.<span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>18</span> ; τῷ θανάτῳ πεπιλημένος <span class="bibl">Agath.5.3</span>.</span>

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