φολίς
ίδος, ἡ
A.
horny scale, of reptiles, opp. λεπίς (of fishes), Arist. HA 490b22, PA 691a16, cf. A.R. 1.221, Opp. C. 3.438, Epic. ap. Sch. Nic. Th. 257; but interchanged with λεπίς, D.S. 17.105, etc.; φ. χαλκοῦ Hp. Vid.Ac. 6.
II.
spot on a panther's or leopard's skin, Hld. 10.27.
III.
φ. λιθοκόλλητος a ceiling in mosaic work, D.S. 18.26.
IV.
a bandage, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.20.11.