πολιός
πολιός
.πολιός, ά, όν
gray, grizzled, grisly, of wolves, of iron, of the sea, Il.
mostly of hair, gray or hoary from age, Hom.; πολιοί gray-haired men, Od., Soph., etc.:—absol., αἱ πολιαί (sc. τρίχες) Pind.; ἅμα ταῖς πολιαῖς κατιούσαις as the gray hairs come down (i.e. from the temples to the beard), Ar.; π. δάκρυον ἐμβαλών an old manʼs tear, Eur.
metaph. hoary, venerable, Eur.
like λευκός, bright, clear, serene, Hes., Eur.
Headword (normalized):
πολιός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πολιος
Intro Text:
πολιός
.πολιός, ά, όν
gray, grizzled, grisly, of wolves, of iron, of the sea, Il.
mostly of hair, gray or hoary from age, Hom.; πολιοί gray-haired men, Od., Soph., etc.:—absol., αἱ πολιαί (sc. τρίχες) Pind.; ἅμα ταῖς πολιαῖς κατιούσαις as the gray hairs come down (i.e. from the temples to the beard), Ar.; π. δάκρυον ἐμβαλών an old manʼs tear, Eur.
metaph. hoary, venerable, Eur.
like λευκός, bright, clear, serene, Hes., Eur.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26662
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