πισσ-όω, Att.
πιττ-, (πίσσα)
A. pitch over, pitch, τὰς ὀροφάς
IG 22.659.25
;τὰς ναῦςSch. Ar. Pl. 1093 :— Pass. , Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.110 , Dsc. 5.12 , 31 ; of bronze statues, in order to take casts of them, Luc. JTr. 33 ; in order to clean them, Id. Lex. 11 .
II.
Med. ,remove the hair by means of a pitch-plaster,οἱ βάρβαροι πιττοῦνται τὰ σώματαTheopomp. Hist. 195 , cf. Luc. Rh.Pr. 23 ; πιττούμενος τὰ σκέλη
Id. Demon. 50
, cf. Merc.Cond. 33 .