πηλόω

A. coat or daub with clay, PMag.Berol. 2.151, Gal. 14.291 :— Med., smear oneself with clay, ἁφῇ (cf. ἁφή 11.5) πηλώσασθαι IG 42(1).126.11 (Epid., ii A. D.), cf. Plu. 2.980e:—Pass., to be covered with mud, J. AJ 1.3.5, Plu. 2.831a; ὅλον τὸ σῶμα πεπηλωμένος Lyd. Mens. 4.57; to be smeared with clay, Apollod. Poliorc. 147.4; of athletes, Luc. Anach. 6.