τύλη,ἡ,
A.
= τύλος
1 ,swelling, callus,esp. a porter'sshoulder, which has grown callousfrom carrying weights,ἔκαμόν γα τὰν τύλαν κακῶς,says the Boeotian laden with his wares, Ar. Ach. 860 ;ὑπόκυπτε τὰν τύλανib. 954 ,v.Sch. ad ll.; τραχήλου τύλα
Telecl. 50
(so Dor. acc. τύλαν
Dura4 155
(iii A. D.)); of thehumpof a camel, Hsch. : also, in pl.,blisterson the hands, Id.
2. pad for carrying burdens on, porter's knot,invented by Protagoras, acc. to Arist. Fr. 63 .
3. cushion, mattress,
Sapph. 50 , Eup. 170 , Antiph. 214 , PTeb. 765.2
(ii B. C.), PLond. 2.402v . 15 (ii B. C., prob.), D.S. 13.84 , AP 11.14 ( Ammian. ), 315 ( Lucill. ), Artem. 5.8 , etc. (=
Att.
κνέφαλλονacc. to Phryn. 151 ). [ῠprob. in Eup. and Antiph.