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πέπλος , , in late Poets also with heterocl. pl. πέπλα, AP9.616, Epigr.Gr.418 (Cyrene) :—
A.any woven cloth used for a covering, sheet, carpet, curtain, veil, to cover a chariot, funeral-urn, seat, Il.5.194, 24.796, Od.7.96 ; laid over the face of the dead, E.Tr.627, cf. Hec. 432, Ion 1421.
II. upper garment or mantle in one piece, worn by women, “π. ἑανός, ποικίλοςIl.5.734, cf. Batr.182, Od.18.292, X.Cyr.5.1.6.
2. at Athens, the embroidered robe carried in procession at the Panathenaea, IG12.80.11 ; “τὸν π. . . ἕλκουσ᾽, ὀνεύοντες . . εἰς ἄκρον ὥσπερ ἱστίον τὸν ἱστόνStratt.30 ; “ π. μεστὸς τῶν τοιούτων ποικιλμάτωνPl.Euthphr.6c, cf. E.Hec.468, Ar.Eq.566, Arist.Ath.49.3, 60.1.
b. metaph. of a mythological work by Aristotle, Porph. ap. Eust.285.25 : pl., Tz.ad Lyc.488.
3. less freq. of a man's robe, esp. of long Persian dresses, A.Pers.468, 1030 (lyr.), 1060 (lyr.), X.Cyr.3.1.13 ; a man's cloak or robe, S.Tr.602, al., E.Cyc.301, Theoc.7.17.
III. peritoneum, dub. in Orph.A.312.
IV. wartweed, Euphorbia Peplus, Hp.Superf.32, Dsc.4.167.
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