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πλοκαμίς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλοκαμίς πλοκαμῖδος

Structure: πλοκαμιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = plo/kamos

Sense

  1. a lock or braid of hair, curling hair

Declension

Third declension

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.

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡμφιτρύωνοσ ὁ χαλκεοκάρδιοσ υἱόσ, ὃσ τὸν λῖν ὑπέμεινε τὸν ἄγριον, ἤρατο παιδόσ, τῶ χαρίεντοσ Ὕλα, τῶ τὰν πλοκαμῖδα φορεῦντοσ, καί νιν πάντ’ ἐδίδαξε πατὴρ ὡσεὶ φίλον υἱέα, ὅσσα μαθὼν ἀγαθὸσ καὶ ἀοίδιμοσ αὐτὸσ ἔγεντο· (Theocritus, Idylls, 3)
  • δάφνῃ μὲν πλοκαμῖδα Παλαίφατοσ ἔπρεπε μάντισ στεψάμενοσ, δόκεεν δὲ χέειν μαντώδεα φωνήν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 7:1)
  • τῇ Παφίῃ στεφάνουσ, τῇ Παλλάδι τὴν πλοκαμῖδα, Ἀρτέμιδι ζώνην ἄνθετο Καλλιρόη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 591)

Synonyms

  1. a lock or braid of hair

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

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