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πολιός , ά, όν, also ός, όν
2. most freq. of human hair, grey from age, κάρη, κεφαλή, Il.22.74, Od.24.317, etc.; “π. στῆθοςAlc.Supp.20.2; “γῆρας π.Pi.I.6(5).15, E.Ba.258; “πολιοίgreyhaired men, Od.24.499; “π. ματέρεςS.OT182 (lyr.), cf. E.Supp. 35, Ar.Ach.600, 610, 692, Pl.Prm.127b (rare in Att. Prose), Call.Fr. 473; “Τραῖαι, ἐκ γενετῆς πολιαίHes. Th.271: Comp. “-ώτεροιArist.Fr. 235: abs., πολιαί (sc. τρίχες) Pi.O.4.28, Arist.GA722a7, Pr.898a31; “πολιῶν ἔσχηκας τὸν πώγωνα μεστόνThphr.Char.2.3; ἅμα ταῖς π. κατιούσαις as the grey hairs come down (i. e. from the temples to the beard), Ar.Eq.520, cf. 908; “ἕως τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον πολιὰς σχῇPMich.Zen.77 (iii B.C.), cf. LXXIs.47.2, al., Phld.Vit.p.32J.
3. τίς σε πολιᾶς ἐξανῆκε γαστρός; what old woman's womb bare thee? as a sarcasm, Pi.P.4.98; π. δάκρυον ἐκβάλλων an old man's tear, E.HF1209 (lyr.).
II. bright, clear, serene,ἔαρHes.Op.477, 492; “αἰθήρE.Or.1376 (lyr.); “ἠήρA.R.3.275, Q.S.2.554.
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