τίλλω

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; 3sg. imper. τιλήτωι PFay. 131.18 (iii/iv A.D.); part. τειλείς (i.e. τιλ-) PFlor. 322.36 (iii A.D.): pf. τέτιλμαι LXXIs. 18.7, (ἐκ-) Anacr. 21.10, (ἀπο-) Anaxil. 22.20, (παρα-) Ar. Ra. 516:—A. 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. 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. 2p.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. 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.)