φολίς,ίδος,ἡ,
A. horny scale,of reptiles, opp.λεπίς(of fishes), Arist. HA 490b22 , PA 691a16 , cf. A.R. 1.221 , Opp. C. 3.438 , Epic. ap. Sch. Nic. Th. 257 ; but interchanged withλεπίς,
D.S. 17.105 , etc.; φ. χαλκοῦ
Hp. Vid.Ac. 6
.
II. spot on a panther'sorleopard's skin,
Hld. 10.27 .
III.
φ. λιθοκόλλητος a ceiling in mosaic work,
D.S. 18.26
.
IV. abandage,
Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.20.11 .