πόκος, ὁ,
(πέκω) wool in its raw state, fleece, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.451, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 574, “GDI” iv p.886 (Erythrae, 4th c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 287, 774 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Judg.6.37; οἶν μελάγχιμον πόκῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 513; πεκτεῖν.. προβάτων π. ἠρινόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 714; πέντε πόκως ἔλαβ᾽ ἐχθές 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.20 ] LXX+8th c.BC+]; lock or tuft of wool, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 675; ἐρίων π. 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 372 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νεφέλαι πόκοις ἐρίων ὁμοῖαι [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 13. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II proverbial, εἰς ὄνου πόκας to an ass-shearing, i.e. to no-place, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 186 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄνου πόκους or πόκας ζητεῖς you ask for 'pigeons'-milk', [[ 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 5.38, etc.:—the _nominative_ of this phrase is given as πόκες by Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [same place], as πόκαι by 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ὄκνου πλοκάς [[compare (ὄκνος 11) was probably read by 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus in 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 348 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], and should perhaps be read in Ar.[same place]; οὐδεὶς πόκον εἰς γναφεῖον φέρει [[ 5th c.BC: Arcesilaus Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.624. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]