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.