A.foal, whether colt or filly, Il.20.222 (fem.), Od.23.246 (masc.); “ἵππους . . πάσας θηλείας, πολλῇσι δὲ πῶλοι ὑπῆσαν” Il.11.681; “ἐδάμασσε πώλους” Pi.P.2.8; νεοζυγὴς π. A.Pr.1010; κριθῶντα π. Id.Ag.1641; ὁ ἔτι ἀδάμαστος π. X.Eq.1.1; ἵπποι π., opp. ἵπποι τέλειοι, IG9(1).12.18 (Ambryssus, iii A.D.): freq. used by Poets generally for ἵππος, A.Fr.326, S.OC313, 1062 (lyr.), El.705 sq.: in races, “πώλων ἀβόλων ἅρμα” IG22.2326.11; “πώλοις τε ἀβόλοις καὶ τελείων τε καὶ ἀβόλων τοῖς μέσοις” Pl.Lg.834c: metaph., π. Κύπριδος, of courtesans, Eub.84.2.
2. any young animal: of the elephant, Arist.HA610a33; camel, ib.630b34; κάμηλος π. BGU768.2 (ii A.D.); of the dog, AP12.238 (Strat.); ass, Ev.Marc.11.2; ὄνοι π. PLille 8.9 (iii B.C.); pullet, Alex.Trall.5.6; “πῶλοι βουβαλίδων” Ael.NA7.47.
3. in Poets, in fem., young girl, maiden, Anacr.75.1, E.Hec. 142 (anap.); “πῶλον ἄζυγα λέκτρων” Id.Hipp.546 (lyr.), cf. Fr.781.21 (lyr.), Cratin.87, Epicr.9; “κακῆς γυναικὸς πῶλον” E.Andr.621: less freq. masc., young man, Id.Rh.386 (anap.), Ph.947; “ἀνδρὸς φίλου πῶλον . . ζυγέντ᾽ ἐν ἅρμασιν πημάτων” A.Ch.794 (lyr.).
II. a Corinthian coin, from the figure of Pegasus upon it, E.Fr.675, cf. Poll.9.76.