πάσσαλος
passalos
peg
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πάσσαλος, Att. πάττ-, ὁ, Ep. gen. πασσαλόφι (v. infr.), (πήγνυμι) A. peg on which to hang clothes, arms, etc., ἀπὸ πασσαλόφι ζυγὸν ᾕρεον Il. 24.268, cf. 5.209 ; ἀπὸ πασσάλου αἴνυτο τόξον Od. 21.53 ; ἀπὸ φόρμιγγα πασσάλου λάμβανʼ O. 1.17, cf. Scol.Oxy. 1361.1.1 ; ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγα Od. 8.67 ; χαλινοὺς . . ἐκ πασσάλων δέουσι 4.72, v. ἐκ I.6 ; [χιτῶνα] πασσάλῳ ἀγκρεμάσασα Od. 1.440 ; κύλιξ . . κρέμαται περὶ πασσαλόφιν 55 ; ἐπὶ τῶν παττάλων PA 681a25 ; παττάλους ἐνέκρουεν εἰς τὸν τοῖχον V. 129 ; peg for making a hole in a vine-stem, HP 2.5.5, CP 3.12.1 ; used to force open the mouth or as a gag, Eq. 376, Th. 222 ; of stakes used to mark boundaries, IG 14.352i38 (Halaesa) ; pale, Poliorc. 140.7, al. :—prov. of things very small or worthless, ἔχουσι μηδὲ πάτταλον not a pin (i. e. no part of their fee), Ec. 284 ; μηδὲ π. καταλιπεῖν Jud.Voc. 9 ; παττάλου γυμνότερος 2.18 ; also πάσσαλος πασσάλῳ ἐκκρούεται 126.13, cf. Com.Adesp. 494 ; εἶναι ἐν πασσάλοις, i.e. to be hung up, not in use, Or. 1.268. II. from the likeness of form, 1. membrum virile, Ec. 1020, AP 5.128 (). 2. = ἵππος ὀρθόκωλος, Hippiatr. 115.
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