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τίλλω

τίλλω, to pluck

τίλλω, Il. 22.78, etc.: fut. τῐλῶ (ἀπο-) Cratin. 123, (παρα-) Ar. Eq. 373: aor. ἔτῑλα Theoc. 3.21, (ἀπ-) Ar. Lys. 578. Fr. 686: pf. τέτιλκα PCair.Zen. 782 (b.). 121 (iii B.C.):—Med., Ep. impf. τιλλέσθην Il. 24.711: fut. τῐλοῦμαι (παρα-) Men. 363.5:—Pass., aor. ἐτίλθην Ar. Nu. 1083: 2 aor. ἐτίλην [ῐ] LXX Da. 7.4; 3 sg. imper. τιλήτωι PFay. 131.18 (iii/iv A.D.); part. τειλείς (i.e. τιλ-) PFlor. 322.36 (iii A.D.): pf. τέτιλμαι LXX Is. 18.7, (ἐκ-) Anacr. 21.10, (ἀπο-) Anaxil. 22.20, (παρα-) Ar. Ra. 516:—
  • pluck or pull out hair, etc., πολιὰς δʼ ἄρʼ ἀνὰ τρίχας ἕλκετο χερσί, τίλλων ἐκ κεφαλῆς Il. 22.78; τίλλε κόμην ib. 406; τρίχας Men. Epit. 271, Her. 5; ἐρέβινθον PCair.Zen. 719.6 (iii B.C.); τ. στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν Ev.Matt. 12.1; τ. χόρτον τοῖς κτῆσι PFlor. 321.47 (iii A.D.):— Med., χαίτας τίλλεσθαι pluck out oneʼs hair, Od. 10.567.
      • 2 with acc. of that from which the hair or feathers are plucked, τίλλειν πέλειαν, of birds of prey, 15.527, cf. Hdt. 3.76; κίρκον εἰσορῶ . . χηλαῖς κάρα τίλλοντα A. Pers. 209; τίλλουσι τὴν γλαῦκα, of small birds attacking the owl, Arist. HA 609a15; so of the cuckoo, ib. 618a29 (Pass.); as a description of an idle fellow, τίλλων ἑαυτόν Ar. Pax 546, cf. Ra. 428; of a cook, pluck a fowl, Eub. 150.5, cf. Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.233a; also τ. λαγών Ar. Fr. 212; τ. πλάτανον pluck its leaves off, Plu. Them. 18; τὸν στέφανον τῖλαί με κατʼ αὐτίκα λεπτὰ ποησεῖς Theoc. l.c.; κῴδια τ. PPetr. 2 p.108 = 3p.78 (iii B.C.); also, pluck live sheep, instead of shearing, τοῖς τίλλουσιν τὰ ὑποδίφθερα (sc. πρόβατα) PCair.Zen. 430.3 (iii B.C.), cf. Suid. s.v. πεκτῆρες:—Pass., have oneʼs hair plucked out, Ar. Th. 593; τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι, as a punishment of adulterers, Id. Nu. 1083; v. παρατίλλω, τέφρα.
      • 3 c. acc. cogn., τίλματα τ. Plu. Aud. 2.48b, cf. Herod. 2.70.
      • 4 τ. μέλη pluck the harp-strings, play harp-tunes, Cratin. 256 (lyr.).
      • 5 pick so as to extract fibre, τετίλκασι στιππύου δέσμας σ PCair.Zen. l.c.
      • 6 νεφέλιον παρατεταμένον καὶ τιλλόμενον cirrous, Thphr. Sign. 43.
    • II since tearing the hair was a usual expression of sorrow, τίλλεσθαί τινα tear oneʼs hair in sorrow for any one, τόν γʼ ἄλοχός τε φίλη καὶ πότνια μήτηρ τιλλέσθην Il. 24.711: without acc., τιλλόμενοι καὶ κλαίοντες Phld. Ir. p.36 W.
    • III metaph., pluck, vex, annoy, Anacr. 13B; στέφανον τ., = τοὺς νόμους λυμαίνεσθαι, Pythag. ap. Porph. VP 42:—Pass., ὑπὸ συκοφαντῶν τίλλεσθαι, with allusion to a birdʼs feathers, Ar. Av. 285. (Not found in Att. Prose.)

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