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τίλλω to pluck or pull out hair, Lat. vello, Il.; so in Mid., χαίτας τίλλεσθαι to pluck out oneʼs hair, Od. with acc. of that from which the hair or feathers are plucked, τίλλειν πέλειαν Od.; κάρα τ. Aesch.; τ. πλάτανον to pluck its leaves off, Plut.:— Pass. to have oneʼs hair plucked out, Ar. Mid., τίλλεσθαί τινα to tear oneʼs hair in sorrow for any one, Il. metaph. to pluck, vex, annoy, Lat. vellicare, Pass., Ar.

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to pluck

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τίλλω

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τίλλω

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τιλλω

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32631

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n32668

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ti/llw

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