τολύπ-η, ἡ,
clew, ball of wool ready for spinning, or of spun yarn, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1102, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 586 (_anapaet meter_), “Anthologia Graeca” 6.160 (Antip. Sid.), 247 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.75, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Indica” 7.3, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1336.18, 1414.26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II ball of anything, τῶν πράσων [[ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 42.3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 globular cake, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.114f, 4.140a, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 a kind of gourd, pumpkin, ={κολόκυνθα ἀγρία}, [[ LXX.4Ki.4.39, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc., 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] LXX+9th c.AD+]