πάσσαλος

A. peg on which to hang clothes, arms, etc., ἀπὸ πασσαλόφι ζυγὸν ᾕρεον Il. 24.268, cf. 5.209 ; ἀπὸ πασσάλου αἴνυτο τόξον Od. 21.53 ; ἀπὸ φόρμιγγα πασσάλου λάμβαν’ Pi. O. 1.17, cf. B. Scol.Oxy. 1361.1.1 ; ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγα Od. 8.67 ; χαλινοὺς . . ἐκ πασσάλων δέουσι Hdt. 4.72, v. ἐκ 1.6 ; [χιτῶνα] πασσάλῳ ἀγκρεμάσασα Od. 1.440 ; κύλιξ . . κρέμαται περὶ πασσαλόφιν Hermipp. 55 ; ἐπὶ τῶν παττάλων Arist. PA 681a25 ; παττάλους ἐνέκρουεν εἰς τὸν τοῖχον Ar. V. 129 ; peg for making a hole in a vine-stem, Thphr. HP 2.5.5, CP 3.12.1 ; used to force open the mouth or as a gag, Ar. Eq. 376, Th. 222 ; of stakes used to mark boundaries, IG 14.352i38 (Halaesa) ; pale, Apollod. Poliorc. 140.7, al. :—prov. of things very small or worthless, ἔχουσι μηδὲ πάτταλον not a pin (i. e. no part of their fee), Ar. Ec. 284 ; μηδὲ π. καταλιπεῖν Luc. Jud.Voc. 9 ; παττάλου γυμνότερος Aristaenet. 2.18 ; also πάσσαλος πασσάλῳ ἐκκρούεται Eust. 126.13, cf. Com.Adesp. 494 ; εἶναι ἐν πασσάλοις, i.e. to be hung up, not in use, Lib. Or. 1.268.

II. from the like ness of form,

1. membrum virile, Ar. Ec. 1020, AP 5.128 (Autom.).

2. = ἵππος ὀρθόκωλος, Hippiatr. 115.