ψολό-εις,εσσα,εν, alsoεις,εν
Nic. (v. infr.): (ψόλος):—
A. sooty, smoky,mostly as epith. ofκεραυνός, lurid,
Od. 23.330 , 24.539 , Hes. Th. 515 ; opp.ἀργής(vivid), Arist. Mete. 371a21 , Mu. 395a26 ; also of a serpent, opp. αἰθός, χροιῇ ψολόεις
Nic. Th. 288
, cf. 129 (whereψολόειςis fem.), Opp. C. 3.439 ; Αἴτνη ψολόεσσα
Euph. 51.11
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II. ψολόεις,οἱ, the male mourners in a ritual at the Boeotian Orchomenos, Plu. 2.299e : prob. so called becauseδυσειματοῦντες,cf. Plu. l. c.