πηλοφόρι

From Byzantine Greek πηλοφόριον (pēlophórion), diminutive of Koine Greek πηλοφόρος (pēlophóros, “clay carrier”), from Ancient Greek πηλοφορέω (pēlophoréō) / πηλοφορῶ (pēlophorô, “to carry clay”), from πηλός (pēlós, “clay”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bring, to carry”).

• IPA^(key): /piloˈfoɾi/
• Hyphenation: πη‧λο‧φό‧ρι

πηλοφόρι • (pilofóri) n (plural πηλοφόρια)

1. hawk, mortarboard (plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on)
   • 1968, “Η Δουλειά Κάνει Τους Άντρες [Hard Work Makes The Man]”, in Manos Eleutheriou (lyrics), Manos Loïzos (music), Ο σταθμός [The Station], performed by Dimitris Efstathiou:

     Η δουλειά κάνει τους άντρες,
     Το γιαπί, το πηλοφόρι, το μυστρί.

     I douleiá kánei tous ántres,
     To giapí, to pilofóri, to mystrí.

     Hard work makes the man,
     The building site, the mortarboard, the trowel.

• μυστρί n (mystrí, “trowel”)