The corpus record

παρα-τίλλω

paratillo

pluck the hair

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Where it lives

Lysistrata 2 · 2.52/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

παρα-τίλλω · para-tillō — LSJ

clean-plucked

clean-plucked, a practice among voluptuaries and women, Ar. Lys. 89, Ra. 516, Pl.Com. 174.14 ; δέλτα π. Ar. Lys. 151 ; ὁ ἁλοὺς μοιχὸς παρατίλλεται Id. Pl. 168, cf. Luc. Fug. 33.

II pull up weeds

Med., pull up weeds, Gp. 2.38.2.

In the wild

παρατίλλομαι · paratillomai Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 16)
παρατετιλμέναι · paratetilmenai Aristophanes, Frogs 516
παρατιλῶ · paratilō Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 322)
παρατετιλμέναι · paratetilmenai Aristophanes, Lysistrata 150 (DIORISIS sentence 131)
παρατετιλμένη · paratetilmenē Aristophanes, Lysistrata 90 (DIORISIS sentence 75)
παρατίλλεται · paratilletai Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 148)

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Where it came from

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