πέπλος

πέπλος, ὁ, in late Poets also with heterocl. pl. πέπλα, AP 9.616, Epigr.Gr. 418 (Cyrene) :—A. any woven cloth used for a covering, sheet, carpet, curtain, veil, to cover a chariot, funeral-urn, seat, Il. 5.194, 24.796, Od. 7.96 ; laid over the face of the dead, E. Tr. 627, cf. Hec. 432, Ion 1421. II. upper garment or mantle in one piece, worn by women, π. ἑανός, ποικίλος Il. 5.734, cf. Batr. 182, Od. 18.292, X. Cyr. 5.1.6. 2. at Athens, the embroidered robe carried in procession at the Panathenaea, IG 12.80.11 ; τὸν π. . . ἕλκουσʼ, ὀνεύοντες . . εἰς ἄκρον ὥσπερ ἱστίον τὸν ἱστόν Stratt. 30 ; ὁ π. μεστὸς τῶν τοιούτων ποικιλμάτων Pl. Euthphr. 6c, cf. E. Hec. 468, Ar. Eq. 566, Arist. Ath. 49.3, 60.1. b. metaph. of a mythological work by Aristotle, Porph. ap. Eust. 285.25 : pl., Tz.ad Lyc. 488. 3. less freq. of a manʼs robe, esp. of long Persian dresses, A. Pers. 468, 1030 (lyr.), 1060 (lyr.), X. Cyr. 3.1.13 ; a manʼs cloak or robe, S. Tr. 602, al., E. Cyc. 301, Theoc. 7.17. III. peritoneum, dub. in Orph. A. 312. IV. wartweed, Euphorbia Peplus, Hp. Superf. 32, Dsc. 4.167.