ψολόεις

ψολό-εις, εσσα, εν, also εις, εν Nic. (v. infr.): (ψόλος):—

• sooty, smoky, mostly as epith. of κεραυνός, lurid, Od. 23.330, 24.539, Hes. Th. 515; opp. ἀργής (vivid), Arist. Mete. 371a21, Mu. 395a26; also of a serpent, opp. αἰθός, χροιῇ ψολόεις Nic. Th. 288, cf. 129 (where ψολόεις is fem.), Opp. C. 3.439; Αἴτνη ψολόεσσα Euph. 51.11.
• • II ψολόεις, οἱ, the male mourners in a ritual at the Boeotian Orchomenos, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.299e: prob. so called because δυσειματοῦντες, cf. Plu. l.c.

ψολόεις, όεσσα, όεν, russig, rauchig, feurig, flammend ; κεραυνός Od. 23.330, 24.539 ; H.h. Ven. 289 ; Hes. Th. 515, Sc. 422 ; Pind. N. 10.71 ; βέλος Ep.adesp. 483 (VII.617); von Arist. mund. 4.16 durch αἰθαλώδης erkl.; Ggstz von αἰθός Nic. Th. 130, wo ψολόεις fem. ist ; – russig, schmutzig, schwarz, sordidus, zum Zeichen der Trauer, Plut.

ψολόεις

-εντος

[ψόλος, smoke.]

Accompanied by smoke, smoky : κεραυνῷ Od. 23.330. Cf. Od. 24.539.

ψολόεις

• 1smoking Ζεὺς δʼ ἐπʼ Ἴδᾳ πυρφόρον πλᾶξε ψολόεντα κεραυνόν N. 10.71

ψολόεις , εσσα, εν (ψόλος, ‘smoke’): smouldering, sulphurous, Od. 23.330 and Od. 24.539.

ψολόεις, εσσα, εν ψόλος

• sooty, smoky: as epith. of κεραυνός, smouldering, lurid, Od.