Jastrow: פִּיּוּס

פִּיּוּס m. (פִּיס) conciliation, persuasion, comfort. Nidd. 31ᵇ מפני מה האיש מקבל פ׳ וכ׳ why does man easily accept conciliatory words, and woman does not? (Answ.) This one partakes of the nature of the material of which he was created (earth being easily crushed) &c. Y. Taan. II, 65ᵇ bot. ואני מקבל פִּיּוּסָן and I shall accept their apology. Gen. R. s. 93 הגשה לפ׳, v. הַגָּשָׁה. Ib. כל הדברים … היה בהם פ׳ ליוסף וכ׳ all the words … (Gen. XLIV, 18—34) contained conciliatory argument for Joseph, for his brothers, and for Benjamin. Koh. R. to VII, 2 מדה שיש בה פ׳ a social act with which consolation is connected; a. fr.—Pl. פִּיּוּסִים, פִּיּוּסִין. Gen. R. s. 74 (ref. to Gen. XXXI, 36) דא את סבור … דברי פ׳ וכ׳ here you might think there would be blows and wounds, but (his anger found vent only in) words of persuasion &c.; a. e.—[Lev. R. s. 26 בפיוסין, read: בפִיסְטִין.]