πῖαρ,τό, only nom. and acc. (exc. dat.
A.
πίαρι
Suid.
) : (πίων) :—fat, Ep. and Ion. word, βοῶν ἐκ πῖαρ ἑλέσθαι
Il. 11.550
; of men, Hp. Nat. Puer. 21 .
b. any fatty substance, π. ἐλαίης
A.R. 4.1133
;π. μελιηδέςprob.cream,
AP 9.224 ( Crin. ), cf. Sol. 36.21 (πῦαρPap. Arist. Ath. );thick juicefrom trees, Hp. Nat.Puer. 26 ; of the fig, Id. Mul. 2.205 , Ulc. 15 ;richnessof soil, ἐπεὶ μάλα π. ὑπ' οὖδας
Od. 9.135
, cf. h.Ap. 60 ; ἐσθλῆς ἀρούρης π. ἔγκληρον χθονός
Lyc. 1060
, cf. AP 9.555 ( Crin. ).
2. metaph.,cream, choicest partof a thing, h.Ven. 30 .