φείδων,ωνος,ὁ,
A. oil-can with a narrow neck, that lets only a little run out,
Poll. 10.179 , cf. 11.1 .
II. as pr.n.Φείδων, king of Argos, the author of Peloponnesian weights and measures, Hdt. 6.127 :— henceAdj. φειδώνειοςorφειδώνιος,α,ον
, μέτρα
Arist. Ath. 10.2
, Fr. 480 , Thphr. Char. 30.11 , Str. 8.3.33 ( Poll. l. c. connects signf. 1 with theAdj.); μέδιμνοι Φ.
Delph. 3(5).3
ii 3
(iv B. C.).
2. name of an old man in Com.,Thrifty,
Antiph. 191.21 , etc.:—hence Com. patron.φειδωνίδης [ῐ],ου,ὁ,Thrifty-son,
Ar. Nu. 65 .