τίλα

A. plucking, εἰς τὴν τ. τοῦ χόρτου PFlor. 180.4 (iii A.D.).
II. pl., flocks or motes floating in the air, Plu. 2.722a; cf. τίλος.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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