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A. pitch over, pitch, τὰς ὀροφάς IG 22.659.25; τὰς ναῦς Sch.Ar. Pl. 1093 :—Pass., Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.110, Dsc. 5.12,31 ; of bronze statues, in order to take casts of them, Luc. JTr. 33; in order to clean them, Id. Lex. 11.

II. Med., remove the hair by means of a pitch-plaster, οἱ βάρβαροι πιττοῦνται τὰ σώματα Theopomp. Hist.195, cf. Luc. Rh.Pr. 23; πιττούμενος τὰ σκέλη Id. Demon. 50, cf. Merc.Cond. 33.