A.highly-prized, precious, of gold, Il.9.126 ; of the Aegis, 2.447 ; “τρίποδες” h.Ap.443, Ar.Eq.1016 ; of persons, Man.3.324 ; Μοῖραι dub. cj. in Epigr.Gr. 248.9 ; in later Prose, “φιλοσοφία” Them.Or.2.54d ; iron., “δουλείη” IG 14.1363.
II. as Subst., a fish, prob. a kind of sardine, Dorio and Epaenet. ap. Ath.7.328f, Diph.Siph.ib.355f, PLips.92.3 [Arch.Pap.4.482] (ii/iii A.D.).