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ἀκρόκομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκρόκομος ἀκρόκομη ἀκρόκομον

Structure: ἀκροκομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/mh

Sense

  1. with hair on the crown
  2. with leaves at the top

Examples

  • φησὶ δὲ Πολύβιοσ καὶ ἰδιόμορφόν τι γεννᾶσθαι ζῷον ἐν αὐταῖσ ἐλαφοειδὲσ τὸ σχῆμα πλὴν αὐχένοσ καὶ τριχώματοσ, ταῦτα δ’ ἐοικέναι κάπρῳ, ὑπὸ δὲ τῷ γενείῳ πυρῆνα ἴσχειν ὅσον σπιθαμιαῖον ἀκρόκομον, πωλικῆσ κέρκου τὸ πάχοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 6 20:12)
  • ὑπὸ δὲ τῷ γενείῳ πυρῆνα ἴσχειν ὅσον σπιθαμιαῖον ἀκρόκομον, πωλικῆσ κέρκου τὸ πάχοσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 34, vi. de gallia 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. with hair on the crown

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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