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πῶλος

πῶλος, a foal, young horse

πῶλος, ὁ and ἡ,
  • foal, whether colt or filly, Il. 20.222 (fem.), Od. 23.246 (masc.); ἵππους . . πάσας θηλείας, πολλῇσι δὲ πῶλοι ὑπῆσαν Il. 11.681; ἐδάμασσε πώλους Pi. P. 2.8; νεοζυγὴς π. A. Pr. 1010; κριθῶντα π. Id. Ag. 1641; ὁ ἔτι ἀδάμαστος π. X. Eq. 1.1; ἵπποι π., opp. ἵπποι τέλειοι, IG 9(1).12.18 (Ambryssus, iii A.D.): freq. used by Poets generally for ἵππος, A. Fr. 326, S. OC 313, 1062 (lyr.), El. 705 sq.: in races, πώλων ἀβόλων ἅρμα IG 2(2).2326.11; πώλοις τε ἀβόλοις καὶ τελείων τε καὶ ἀβόλων τοῖς μέσοις Pl. Lg. 834c: metaph., π. Κύπριδος, of courtesans, Eub. 84.2.
      • 2 any young animal: of the elephant, Arist. HA 610a33; camel, ib. 630b34; κάμηλος π. BGU 768.2 (ii A.D.); of the dog, AP 12.238 (Strat.); ass, Ev.Marc. 11.2; ὄνοι π. PLille 8.9 (iii B.C.); pullet, Alex.Trall. 5.6; πῶλοι βουβαλίδων Ael. NA 7.47.
      • 3 in Poets, in fem., young girl, maiden, Anacr. 75.1, E. Hec. 142 (anap.); πῶλον ἄζυγα λέκτρων Id. Hipp. 546 (lyr.), cf. Fr. 781.21 (lyr.), Cratin. 87, Epicr. 9; κακῆς γυναικὸς πῶλον E. Andr. 621: less freq. masc., young man, Id. Rh. 386 (anap.), Ph. 947; ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον . . ζυγέντʼ ἐν ἅρμασιν πημάτων A. Ch. 794 (lyr.).
    • II a Corinthian coin, from the figure of Pegasus upon it, E. Fr. 675, cf. Poll. 9.76.
    • III ἱερὸς π. Ἴσιδος, title of priest in Egypt, OGI 739.8 (ii B.C.), PGrenf. 2.20.5 (ii B.C.), PRein. 10.5, al. (ii B.C.); π. alone, of a priest of Demeter and Persephone, IG 5(1).1444 (Messene, iv/iii B.C.).

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