τίλλω
τίλλω, to pluck
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τίλλονθʼ Verb: present active indicative 3rd plural, Verb: present active participle masculine accusative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine dative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter dative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter nominative plural, Verb: present active participle neuter vocative plural, Verb: present active participle neuter accusative plural, Verb: present active participle masculine nominative dual, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative dual, Verb: present active participle masculine accusative dual, Verb: present active participle neuter nominative dual, Verb: present active participle neuter vocative dual, Verb: present active participle neuter accusative dual, Verb: present middle-passive indicative 3rd plural, Verb: imperfect middle-passive indicative 3rd plural of τίλλω
- pluck or pull out hair, etc., πολιὰς δʼ ἄρʼ ἀνὰ τρίχας ἕλκετο χερσί, τίλλων ἐκ κεφαλῆς Il. 22.78; τίλλε κόμην ib. 406; τρίχας Men. Epit. 271, Her. 5; ἐρέβινθον PCair.Zen. 719.6 (iii B.C.); τ. στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν Ev.Matt. 12.1; τ. χόρτον τοῖς κτῆσι PFlor. 321.47 (iii A.D.):— Med., χαίτας τίλλεσθαι pluck out oneʼs hair, Od. 10.567.
- 2 with acc. of that from which the hair or feathers are plucked, τίλλειν πέλειαν, of birds of prey, 15.527, cf. Hdt. 3.76; κίρκον εἰσορῶ . . χηλαῖς κάρα τίλλοντα A. Pers. 209; τίλλουσι τὴν γλαῦκα, of small birds attacking the owl, Arist. HA 609a15; so of the cuckoo, ib. 618a29 (Pass.); as a description of an idle fellow, τίλλων ἑαυτόν Ar. Pax 546, cf. Ra. 428; of a cook, pluck a fowl, Eub. 150.5, cf. Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.233a; also τ. λαγών Ar. Fr. 212; τ. πλάτανον pluck its leaves off, Plu. Them. 18; τὸν στέφανον τῖλαί με κατʼ αὐτίκα λεπτὰ ποησεῖς Theoc. l.c.; κῴδια τ. PPetr. 2 p.108 = 3p.78 (iii B.C.); also, pluck live sheep, instead of shearing, τοῖς τίλλουσιν τὰ ὑποδίφθερα (sc. πρόβατα) PCair.Zen. 430.3 (iii B.C.), cf. Suid. s.v. πεκτῆρες:—Pass., have oneʼs hair plucked out, Ar. Th. 593; τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι, as a punishment of adulterers, Id. Nu. 1083; v. παρατίλλω, τέφρα.
- 3 c. acc. cogn., τίλματα τ. Plu. Aud. 2.48b, cf. Herod. 2.70.
- 4 τ. μέλη pluck the harp-strings, play harp-tunes, Cratin. 256 (lyr.).
- 5 pick so as to extract fibre, τετίλκασι στιππύου δέσμας σ PCair.Zen. l.c.
- 6 νεφέλιον παρατεταμένον καὶ τιλλόμενον cirrous, Thphr. Sign. 43.
- II since tearing the hair was a usual expression of sorrow, τίλλεσθαί τινα tear oneʼs hair in sorrow for any one, τόν γʼ ἄλοχός τε φίλη καὶ πότνια μήτηρ τιλλέσθην Il. 24.711: without acc., τιλλόμενοι καὶ κλαίοντες Phld. Ir. p.36 W.
- III metaph., pluck, vex, annoy, Anacr. 13B; στέφανον τ., = τοὺς νόμους λυμαίνεσθαι, Pythag. ap. Porph. VP 42:—Pass., ὑπὸ συκοφαντῶν τίλλεσθαι, with allusion to a birdʼs feathers, Ar. Av. 285. (Not found in Att. Prose.)
1. act. plukken, uittrekken:
2. med. refl. zich (de haren) uittrekken:
3. pass. onthaard worden, geëpileerd worden.
- 1
To pluck out or tear (one’s hair) : πολιὰς τρίχας τίλλων ἐκ κεφαλῆς Il. 22.78. Cf. Il. 22.406.
In mid. Od. 10.567.
- 2
To tear one’s hair in sorrow for.
In mid. : τὸν τιλλέσθην Il. 24.711.
- 3
To pluck or tear the feathers from : τίλλε πέλειαν Od. 15.527.
- 1
- Ito pluck or pull out hair, Lat. vello, Il.; so in Mid., χαίτας τίλλεσθαι to pluck out oneʼs hair, Od.
- 2with acc. of that from which the hair or feathers are plucked, τίλλειν πέλειαν Od.; κάρα τ. Aesch.; τ. πλάτανον to pluck its leaves off, Plut.:— Pass. to have oneʼs hair plucked out, Ar.
- IIMid., τίλλεσθαί τινα to tear oneʼs hair in sorrow for any one, Il.
- IIImetaph. to pluck, vex, annoy, Lat. vellicare, Pass., Ar.