πῶλος
Alt. πῶλος, ὁ, ἡ,
1. "a foal, young horse", whether "colt or filly", Hom.: in Poets generally for ἵππος, Soph., etc.
2. "a young animal, a puppy", Anth.
3. in Poets, in fem., "a young girl, maiden", like δάμαλις, μόσχος, πόρτις, Lat. juvenca, Eur.:—more rarely masc., "a young man", Aesch.