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κατάκομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατάκομος κατάκομον

Structure: κατακομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/mh

Sense

  1. with long falling hair

Examples

  • καὶ ὁρᾷ δὲ δριμὺ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ στήθουσ ἔχει πρόσωπόν τι φοβερὸν ἐχίδναισ κατάκομον, ὅπερ ἐγὼ μάλιστα δέδια· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:8)
  • νέοσ ὁ μόσχοσ ἄρ‐ τι γένυν ὑπὸ κόρυθ’ ἁπαλότριχα κατάκομον θάλλει. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 14)

Synonyms

  1. with long falling hair

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

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