oval-shaped stone for playing draughts
Ancient Greek word, found 24 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 1.107: πεσσοῖσι προπάροιθε θυράων θυμὸν ἔτερπον
Herodotus, Histories 1.94.3: … αι δὴ ὦν τότε καὶ τῶν κύβων καὶ τῶν ἀστραγάλων καὶ τῆς σφαίρης καὶ τῶν ἀλλέων πασέων παιγνιέων τὰ εἴδεα, πλὴν πεσσῶν τούτων γὰρ ὦν τὴν ἐξεύρεσιν οὐκ οἰκηιοῦνται Λυδοί.
Euripides, Medea 68: πεσσοὺς προσελθών, ἔνθα δὴ παλαίτατοι
All forms of πεσσός