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πάσσα^λος , Att. πάττ- , , Ep. gen. πασσαλόφι (v. infr.), (πήγνυμι)
A.peg on which to hang clothes, arms, etc., “ἀπὸ πασσαλόφι ζυγὸν ᾕρεονIl. 24.268, cf. 5.209 ; “ἀπὸ πασσάλου αἴνυτο τόξονOd. 21.53 ; “ἀπὸ φόρμιγγα πασσάλου λάμβαν᾽Pi.O.1.17, cf. B.Scol.Oxy.1361.1.1 ; “ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγαOd.8.67 ; “χαλινοὺς . . ἐκ πασσάλων δέουσιHdt.4.72, v. ἐκ 1.6 ; “[χιτῶνα] πασσάλῳ ἀγκρεμάσασαOd.1.440 ; “κύλιξ . . κρέμαται περὶ πασσαλόφινHermipp.55 ; “ἐπὶ τῶν παττάλωνArist.PA681a25 ; “παττάλους ἐνέκρουεν εἰς τὸν τοῖχονAr.V.129 ; peg for making a hole in a vine-stem, Thphr.HP2.5.5, CP3.12.1 ; used to force open the mouth or as a gag, Ar.Eq.376, Th.222 ; of stakes used to mark boundaries, IG14.352i38 (Halaesa) ; pale, Apollod. Poliorc. 140.7, al. :—prov. of things very small or worthless, ἔχουσι μηδὲ πάτταλον not a pin (i. e. no part of their fee), Ar.Ec.284 ; “μηδὲ π. καταλιπεῖνLuc.Jud.Voc.9 ; “παττάλου γυμνότεροςAristaenet.2.18 ; also “πάσσαλος πασσάλῳ ἐκκρούεταιEust. 126.13, cf. Com.Adesp.494 ; εἶναι ἐν πασσάλοις, i.e. to be hung up, not in use, Lib.Or.1.268.
II. from the like ness of form,
1. membrum virile, Ar.Ec.1020, AP5.128 (Autom.).
2. = ἵππος ὀρθόκωλος, Hippiatr.115.
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