πῶυ

πῶυ, εος, τό, pl. πώεα, τά, Ep. Noun,

• flock, in Hom. of sheep, in phrases, οἰῶν μέγα πῶυ Il. 3.198, cf. 11.696, al.; οἰῶν πώεα Od. 11.402; opp. βοῶν ἀγέλαι, 12.129, cf. Il. 11.678, al.; πώεσι μήλων Od. 4.413, etc.; πώεα abs., Hes. Op. 516; apptly. of goats, Opp. H. 2.500; later πώεα παίδων Nonn. D. 3.302; ἁλίτροφα π. λίμνης, of fish, ib. 41.33, cf. Opp. H. 1.66, 2.547.