πέτᾰλον, τό,
poetry dative plural πέταλσι as well as πετάλοις, poetical in [[ “An. Ox.” 1.121, conjecture in 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also πέτηλον, first in [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 289, “fragment” 96.87 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: (πετάννυμι):— leaf, mostly plural, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.312, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.520, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 486, 680, 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 39, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 244 (Lyric poetry), etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; εὐδαιμονίας πέταλον, of the Olympian wreath of wild olive, [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.186 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁβρά τε λειμώνων π. flowers, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.23 (Antip. Sid.): rare in Prose, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.12, “Cyn.” 9.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; used in divination, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.25: _sing._ in 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 5.16 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; poetry, νεικέων πέταλα contentious votes (compare πεταλισμός), [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ὠκεανοῦ πέταλα, of springs, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 326. ] Refs]
__II leaf of metal, χρυσίων πέταλα [[ “IG” 12.374.283; πέταλα χρυσᾶ [prev. work]22.1394.5; π. χρυσίῳ ἐπίτηκτα “Inscription Délos” 442 B 138(2nd c.BC),compare 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.79, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 19 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; used for gilding the horns of victims, [[ “IG” 22.1635.36: _sing._, π. χρυσοῦν LXX.Exo.28.32(36) ] LXX]; π. πύρινα, of the stars, [[ “Placita Philosophorum” 2.14.4. ] Refs]
__II.2 slice, ῥαφανῖδες κατατμηθεῖσαι εἰς πέταλα [[ 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 81. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]