κομάω
α-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κομάω
Structure:
κομά
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to let the hair grow long, wear long hair
- to plume oneself, give oneself airs, be proud or haughty, he aimed at, do you plume yourself?
- decked
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- λέγω δὲ οὐ πρὸσ ἅπαντασ ‐ εἰσὶ γὰρ οἱ καλῶσ καὶ συμφερόντωσ τὸ πρᾶγμα πράττοντεσ, οἷσ ἔδει σπένδειν καὶ θυμιᾶν ‐ ἀλλ’ οὓσ σοφοὺσ ὑμῖν ἀποδεικνύουσι τρεῖσ ἢ τέτταρεσ κομῆται, καθάπερ τοὺσ ἱερέασ τῶν παρ’ ὑμῖν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 13:2)
- τοιγάρτοι, εἶπον, ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ἀνερωτᾶν ἡμᾶσ αὐτοὺσ εἰ ἡ αὐτὴ φύσισ φαλακρῶν καὶ κομητῶν καὶ οὐχ ἡ ἐναντία, καὶ ἐπειδὰν ὁμολογῶμεν ἐναντίαν εἶναι, ἐὰν φαλακροὶ σκυτοτομῶσιν, μὴ ἐᾶν κομήτασ, ἐὰν δ’ αὖ κομῆται, μὴ τοὺσ ἑτέρουσ. (Plato, Republic, book 5 111:1)
- τοῦ δ’ ἑτέρου καὶ τοὺσ ἀπὸ τῶν μαθημάτων ἀντιποιεῖσθαι, οἱο͂ν πῶσ ὁρῶμεν, τίσ ἡ αἰτία τῆσ κατοπτρικῆσ φαντασίασ, ὅπωσ νέφη συνίσταται, βρονταὶ καὶ ἴριδεσ καὶ ἅλωσ καὶ κομῆται καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 133:4)
- "Κομῆται ἀστέρεσ γίνονται ἤτοι πυρὸσ ἐν τόποισ τισὶ διὰ χρόνων τινῶν ἐν τοῖσ μετεώροισ συστρεφομένου περιστάσεωσ γινομένησ, ἢ ἰδίαν τινὰ κίνησιν διὰ χρόνων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἴσχοντοσ ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶσ, ὥστε τὰ τοιαῦτα ἄστρα ἀναφανῆναι, ἢ αὐτὰ ἐν χρόνοισ τισὶν ὁρμῆσαι διά τινα περίστασιν καὶ εἰσ τοὺσ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ τόπουσ ἐλθεῖν καὶ ἐκφανῆ γενέσθαι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 111:2)
