φλόος

A. φλόα Nic. Al. 302: contr. φλοῦς PCair.Zen. 229.10 (iii B. C.), BGU 1122.17,20 (i B. C.), v.l. in Dsc. 3.147: (φλέω):— rarer form of φλοιός, παρθένιός μοι ἔπι φ., of a tree, AP 9.706 (Antip.), cf. PCair.Zen. l.c. (iii B. C.).

2. the human skin, Nic. l.c.; also of the slough of serpents, Id. Th. 355,392.

II. φλους, Ion. for φλέως, Hdt. 3.98.

III. bloom of a plant, Arat. 335, cf. Plu. 2.683f.