πόκος

A. wool in its raw state, fleece, Il. 12.451, Ar. Lys. 574, GDIiv p.886 (Erythrae, iv B.C.), PCair.Zen. 287,774 (iii B.C.), LXX Jd. 6.37; οἶν μελάγχιμον πόκῳ E. El. 513; πεκτεῖν . . προβάτων π. ἠρινόν Ar. Av. 714; πέντε πόκως ἔλαβ’ ἐχθές Theoc. 15.20; lock or tuft of wool, S. Tr. 675; ἐρίων π. Cratin. 372; νεφέλαι πόκοις ἐρίων ὁμοῖαι Thphr. Sign. 13.

II. prov., εἰς ὄνου πόκας to an ass-shearing, i.e. to no-place, Ar. Ra. 186; ὄνου πόκους or πόκας ζητεῖς you ask for 'pigeons'-milk', Zen. 5.38, etc.:—the nom. of this phrase is given as πόκες by Sch.Ar. l.c., as πόκαι by Suid., Phot.; Ὄκνου πλοκάς (cf. ὄκνος 11) was prob. read by Aristarch. in Cratin. 348, and shd. perh. be read in Ar.l.c.; οὐδεὶς πόκον εἰς γναφεῖον φέρει Arcesil. ap. Gal. 8.624.