Εἰδύλλια (3.29)

πλαταγέω

clap the hands, Theoc. 8.88 ; of broad flat bodies coming together, clap, v.l. in Id. 3.29, AP 9.86 ( Antiphil.) :— Med., ἐπλαταγεῦντο θύραι ib. 7.182 ( Mel.).

πλατάγημα

crack, of the τηλέφιλον (q. v.), Theoc. 3.29, AP 5.295 ( Agath.).

προσμάσσω

knead or plaster one thing against another: apply, attach closely to, χείλεσι χείλη Theoc. 12.32; σικύην τύψει the cuppinginstrument to the snake-bite, Nic. Th. 922; π. τὸν Πειραιᾶ [τῇ πόλει] Ar. Eq. 815:— aor. Med., τηλέφιλον ποτεμάξατο ( Dor.) stuck to [the arm], Theoc. 3.29:— Pass., πλευραῖσι προσμαχθέν stuck close to his sides, of the poisoned robe, S. Tr. 1053, cf. Lyc. 1029; κηλῖδα προσμεμάχθαι τῇ ψυχῇ Philostr. VA 3.42.

τηλέφιλον

love-in-absence, the leaf of some plant used as a charm by lovers to try whether their love was returned; the leaf was laid on the hand or arm and struck smartly, and its adhesion (or a loud crack, or a red colour, acc. to Sch.) was a favourable omen, οὐδὲ τὸ τηλέφιλον ποτεμάξατο τὸ πλατάγημα Theoc. 3.29, cf. Sch. ad loc., Poll. 9.127; τηλεφίλου πλαταγήματος ἠχέτα βόμβος γαστέρα μαντῴου μάξατο κισσυβίου AP 5.295 ( Agath.).

τρίκλωνος

with or of three shoots, Sch. Theoc. 3.29.