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πηλόω

πηλόω, coat with clay, cover with mud

πηλόω,
  • coat or daub with clay, PMag.Berol. 2.151, Gal. 14.291:— Med., smear oneself with clay, ἁφῇ (cf. ἁφή II 5) πηλώσασθαι IG 42(1).126.11 (Epid., ii A. D.), cf. Plu. Sollert. 2.980e:—Pass., to be covered with mud, J. AJ 1.3.5, Plu. Vit. aer. al. 2.831a; ὅλον τὸ σῶμα πεπηλωμένος Lyd. Mens. 4.57; to be smeared with clay, Apollod. Poliorc. 147.4; of athletes, Luc. Anach. 6.

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