πίσσα

A. pitch, Il. 4.277, Hdt. 4.195, Call. Hec. 1.4.4, etc.: gen. pl. written πισᾶν IG 42(1).102.278 (Epid., iv B. C.); but sg. πίσσας ib.238,240: distd. as π. ὠμή and ἑψηθεῖσα, Thphr. HP 3.9.2, cf. Plb. 5.89.6, Hp. Mul. 1.37; π. ὑγρά raw pitch, Dsc. 1.72.1, PLond. 3.1171.11; opp. ξηρά, Dsc. 1.72.5, PLond. 3.929.66, SIG 1171.14 (Lebena), cf. παλίμπισσα; ὀρὸς πίσσης, = πίσσανθος, Hp. Ulc. 12: prov., μελάντερον ἠΰτε πίσσα Il.l.c.; ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται, i.e. he has got the first taste of misery, D. 50.26, cf. Theoc. 14.51; πέπονθα . . ὄσσα κἡμ πίσσῃ μῦς Herod. 2.62.

II. resin, used for treating winejars, PCair.Zen. 481 (iii B. C.). (Cf. Lat. pix.)