πηλός
(Doric dialect πᾱλός [[ 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 32, 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 3.3, “IG” 5(1).1447.16 (Messene, 3rd-2nd c.BC)), ὁ, Syrac. ἡ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 38] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— clay, earth, used by masons and potters, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.36, 136, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1143, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147a, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.35.2; πηλὸν ὀργάζειν 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 248, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 482, compare 510, 787, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 839 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἠχυρωμένος clay mixed with chaff for use as mortar, [[ “IG” 22.463.42, compare 5(1)[same place], LXX.Gen.11.3 ] LXX]; εὐώδεϊ πηλῷ, of earth on which wine has been poured, [[ 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 349 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; Βρομιώδεα π. φύρησαν.. Χάριτες, of a drinkingcup, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 11.27 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically, clay from which man was made: hence ὁ π. ὁ Προμηθεῖος, of man, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 87, compare 133, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 686; ἐκ ποίου πηλοῦ πεφύρητ᾽ εἰδότα 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.29. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 mud, mire, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.5, 4.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 248, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 363d, etc.: proverbial, ἔξω κομίζειν πηλοῦ πόδα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 697 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κάσις πηλοῦ ξύνουρος, i. e. dust, [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 495: _metaphorically_, ἀνέρες ὧν τὸ κέαρ παλῶ σέσακται 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus [prev. cited] ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]