A.“πίαρι” Suid.) : (πίων) :—fat, Ep. and Ion. word, “βοῶν ἐκ πῖαρ ἑλέσθαι” Il.11.550 ; of men, Hp.Nat. Puer.21.
b. any fatty substance, “π. ἐλαίης” A.R.4.1133 ; π. μελιηδές prob. cream, AP9.224 (Crin.), cf. Sol.36.21 (πῦαρ Pap. Arist.Ath.); thick juice from trees, Hp.Nat.Puer.26; of the fig, Id.Mul.2.205, Ulc. 15 ; richness of soil, “ἐπεὶ μάλα π. ὑπ᾽ οὖδας” Od.9.135, cf. h.Ap.60 ; “ἐσθλῆς ἀρούρης π. ἔγκληρον χθονός” Lyc.1060, cf.AP9.555 (Crin.).
2. metaph., cream, choicest part of a thing, h.Ven.30.