πεσσός

πεσσός, Att. πεττ-, ὁ, heterocl. pl. πεσσά S. Fr. 429, Euph. 61:—

• oval-shaped stone for playing draughts or backgammon, usu. in pl. (λευκοῖο σημήϊα π. AP 9.482.21 (Agath.)), πεσσοῖσι . . θυμὸν ἔτερπον Od. 1.107, cf. Hdt. 1.94; τοὶ μὲν ἵπποις . ., τοὶ δὲ πεσσοῖς . . τέρπονται Pi. Fr. 129.4; πεττῶν θέσις Pl. R. 333b; ἐφηῦρε πεσσοὺς κύβους τε (sc. Palamedes) S. Fr. 479.4; πόλεις πεσσῶν ὁμοίως διαφοραῖς ἐκτισμέναι as if moved from place to place like draughts, E. Fr. 360.9; ἒν μὲν τόδʼ ἡμῖν, ὥσπερ ἐν πεσσοῖς, δίδως κρεῖσσον you have given me a piece (as at chess), Id. Supp. 409; κατὰ τὸν ἐν πεττοῖς νόμον Ar. Ec. 987; πεττῶν δίκην τὰς κοινὰς ἐννοίας μετατιθείς Plu. Comm.not. 2.1068c; ἐν πεττοῖς καὶ κύβοις διημερεύειν ib. Aet.Gr. 272f; ἄζυξ ὢν ὥσπερ ἐν πεττοῖς Arist. Pol. 1253a7.
• • • 2 the board on which the game was played, πεσσὰ πεντέγραμμα, since the pieces were placed on five lines, S. Fr. 429.
    • 3 οἱ π. the place in which the game was played, or the game itself, E. Med. 68; ἔνθα Διὸς . . θᾶκοι π. τε καλοῦνται Cratin. 7.
  • II medicated plug of wool or lint to be introduced into the vagina, anus, etc., pessary, Thphr. HP 9.20.4, Dsc. 1.106, 2.61, Cels. 5.21, etc.
  • • 2 any oval body, π. ἐκ μολύβδου App. Mith. 31.
    • 3 ticket or tally showing attendance at an ἐκκλησία, JHS 8.118 (Iasus).
    • 4 bolt of a door, PMag.Lond. 121.616, POxy. 2146.10 (iii A. D.).
  • III in Archit., cubic mass of building, terrace, Str. 16.1.5, POxy. 1272.6 (ii A. D.), Procop. Aed. 1.1.37.
  • IV dark edge of the pupil (in the eye), Poll. 2.71, Hsch.

πεσσός, ὁ, att. -ττός,
1) der länglich runde Stein im Brettspiel ; gew. im plur., πεσσοῖσι θυμὸν ἔτερπον, Od. 1.107 ; Pind. frg. 95.4 ; Her. 1.94 ; Eur. Med. 68 ; πεσσῶν ἡδομένους μορφαῖσι πολυπλόκοις, I.A. 196 ; πεττῶν θέσις, Plat. Rep. I.333b ; vgl. Ath. I.16f. Auch das Brett zum Spiele hieß so, sonst πεττόν und ἀβάκιον ; οἱ πεσσοί auch = der Ort, wo im Brett gespielt wird, und das Spiel selbst, gew. πεσσεία ; vgl. Eur. Med. 67. – sprichwörtlich πεττῶν δίκην δεῦρο κἀκεῖ τὰς κοινὰς ἐννοίας μετατιθείς, Plut. adv. Stoic. 20.
2) ein länglich runder Körper aus Wolle, Seide, Leinwand, Gummi u. dgl. verfertigt, mit Heilmitteln gemischt od. bestrichen u. in den After od. andere hohle Teile des Leibes gesteckt, Medic. – Auch längliche Bleikugeln, ἐκ μολύβδου, App. Mithrid. 31.
3) in der Baukunst ein viereckiger Untersatz unter den Stützen der Schwibbogen, Strab. u. Sp.

πεσσός

-οῦ, ὁ.

A pebble or man used in playing a game the rules of which are unknown : πεσσοῖσι θυμὸν ἔτερπον Od. 1.107.

For Pindar, see also: πεσσοί

πεσσός : only pl., draughts, checkers, the game played with them, the nature of which is unknown. (The following cut represents an Egyptian game of this character.)

πεσσός, Attic πεττός, οῦ, ὁ,

• • Ian oval-shaped stone for playing a game like our draughts, mostly in pl., Od., Hdt., etc.
  • IIοἱ πεσσοί, the place in which the game was played, or the game itself, Eur.