πῑλ-έω, (πῖλος)
A.
= πιλόω (which is rejected by EM 672.12 ),compress wool, make it into felt,πιληθεὶς πέτασοςafelthat, AP 6.282 ( Theod. ).
II. generally,compress, close up, πιλοῦντες ἑαυτούς
Ar. Lys. 577
; πιλήσαντες τοὺς λόχους
D.H. 9.58
;make firmorsolid,π. καὶ πυκνοῦν τὴν σάρκα, τὸ σῶμα, Gal. 11.758 , 394 ; τρίψει . . π. τὸ δέρμα
Id. 6.417
:— Pass. ,to be close pressed, διὰ τὸ πολὺ εἰς ὀλίγον πιληθῆναι τόπον
Arist. Mete. 366b13
;χθὼν . . οὔπω πιληθεῖσα made solid, A.R. 4.678 ; ὕδατι πιληθεῖσα μᾶζα kneaded,
APl. 4.333
( Antiphil. );to be condensed, [ σελήνην] νέφος εἶναι πεπιλημένον
Xenoph.