ἴουλος

A. down, the first growth of the whiskers and beard, in pl., πρίν σφωϊν ὑπὸ κροτάφοισιν ἰούλους ἀνθῆσαι Od. 11.319: later in sg., στείχει δ’ ἴ. ἄρτι διὰ παρηΐδων A. Th. 534; πρᾶτον ἴ. ἀπὸ κροτ άφων καταβάλλειν Theoc. 15.85; ἔτι χνοάοντας ἰούλους ἀντ έλλων A.R. 2.43; ὑπὸ κροτάφοισιν ἰούλους κειράμενος AP 6.198 (Antip. Thess.); ἰούλοις πλῆσαι παρειάς IG 14.1601.

II. corn-sheaf, whence Demeter is said to be named Ἰουλώ, Semus 19, Carm.Pop. 1.

2. song in honour of Demeter, Semus l.c., Apollod.Hist.149 J., Eratosth. Fr. 10.

III. catkin, Thphr. HP 3.5.5,3.7.3; tendril, ib.3.18.11.

IV. creature like the centipede, prob. the wood-louse, Arist. HA 523b18, PA 682b3, Thphr. Sign. 19,Arat. 959; earthworm, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.305a.

V. = ἰουλίς, Eratosth. Fr. 12 (pl.). (Perh. cogn. with οὖλος, q.v.)