πέτᾰσ-ος, ὁ,
also ἡ [[ 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.499e ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πετάσῳ Θετταλικῇ is probably conjecture for πίλῳ Θετταλικῇ in [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.7 (compare 9)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: (πετάννυμι):— broad-brimmed felt hat, worn by ἔφηβοι and hence used as their badge, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.164, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; γυμνάσιον καθίδρυσε καὶ τοὺς κρατίστους τῶν ἐφήβων ὑπὸ πέτασον ἦγεν, i.e. made them practise gymnastics, [[ LXX.2Mac.4.12 ] LXX]; also in representations of Hermes, [[ 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.537f. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II from its shape, broad umbellated leaf, as of the lotus, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.8.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; φύλλον μέγα ὡς π. [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.106. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III from its shape, also, awning, ὁ π. τοῦ θεάτρου [[ “OGI” 510.4 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD), “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3422.17 (from Philadelphia) ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also, of the circular tomb of Porsenna, [[ 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 36.92 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; baldacchino, [[ PMag.Leid.W. 3.11. ] Refs]