τολύπη

A. clew, ball of wool ready for spinning, or of spun yarn, S. Fr. 1102, Ar. Lys. 586 (anap.), AP 6.160 (Antip. Sid.), 247 (Phil.), Dsc. 5.75, Arr. Ind. 7.3, Hsch., Eust. 1336.18, 1414.26.
II. ball of anything, τῶν πράσων Eub. 42.3.
2. globular cake, Ath. 3.114f, 4.140a, Hsch.
3. a kind of gourd, pumpkin, = κολόκυνθα ἀγρία, LXX 4 Ki. 4.39, Phot., Suid.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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