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πῖλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πῖλος πίλου

Structure: πιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wool or hair wrought into felt
  2. anything made of felt, especially a felt skullcap
  3. a felt shoe
  4. felt cloth

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αὐτὸσ μὲν οὖν μαγικήν τινα ἐνέδυ στολὴν τὰ πολλὰ ἐοικυῖαν τῇ Μηδικῇ, ἐμὲ δὲ τουτοισὶ φέρων ἐνεσκεύασε, τῷ πίλῳ καὶ τῇ λεοντῇ καὶ προσέτι τῇ λύρᾳ, καὶ παρεκελεύσατο, ἤν τισ ἔρηταί με τοὔνομα, Μένιππον μὴ λέγειν, Ἡρακλέα δὲ ἢ Ὀδυσσέα ἢ Ὀρφέα. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 8:1)
  • ὑπὸ δενδρέῳ δὲ ἕκαστοσ κατοίκηται, τὸν μὲν χειμῶνα ἐπεὰν τὸ δένδρεον περικαλύψῃ πίλῳ στεγνῷ λευκῷ, τὸ δὲ θέροσ ἄνευ πίλου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 23 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. a felt shoe

  2. felt cloth

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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