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πάσσαλος

πάσσαλος, a peg

πάσσᾰλος, Att. πάττ-, ὁ, Ep. gen. πασσαλόφι (v. infr.), (πήγνυμι)
  • peg on which to hang clothes, arms, etc., ἀπὸ πασσαλόφι ζυγὸν ᾕρεον Il. 24.268, cf. 5.209; ἀπὸ πασσάλου αἴνυτο τόξον Od. 21.53; ἀπὸ φόρμιγγα πασσάλου λάμβανʼ Pi. O. 1.17, cf. B. Scol.Oxy. 1361.1.1; ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγα Od. 8.67; χαλινοὺς . . ἐκ πασσάλων δέουσι Hdt. 4.72, v. ἐκ I.6; [χιτῶνα] πασσάλῳ ἀγκρεμάσασα Od. 1.440; κύλιξ . . κρέμαται περὶ πασσαλόφιν Hermipp. 55; ἐπὶ τῶν παττάλων Arist. PA 681a25; παττάλους ἐνέκρουεν εἰς τὸν τοῖχον Ar. V. 129; peg for making a hole in a vine-stem, Thphr. HP 2.5.5, CP 3.12.1; used to force open the mouth or as a gag, Ar. Eq. 376, Th. 222; of stakes used to mark boundaries, IG 14.352i38 (Halaesa); pale, Apollod. Poliorc. 140.7, al.:—prov. of things very small or worthless, ἔχουσι μηδὲ πάτταλον not a pin (i. e. no part of their fee), Ar. Ec. 284; μηδὲ π. καταλιπεῖν Luc. Jud.Voc. 9; παττάλου γυμνότερος Aristaenet. 2.18; also πάσσαλος πασσάλῳ ἐκκρούεται Eust. 126.13, cf. Com.Adesp. 494; εἶναι ἐν πασσάλοις, i.e. to be hung up, not in use, Lib. Or. 1.268.
    • II from the likeness of form,
      • 1 membrum virile, Ar. Ec. 1020, AP 5.128 (Autom.).
      • 2 = ἵππος ὀρθόκωλος, Hippiatr. 115.

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