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πλόκαμος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλόκαμος

Etym.: ple/kw

Sense

  1. a lock or braid of hair, locks

Examples

  • τοῦτο καὶ ἐγὼ νέοσ ἔτι ὢν ἐπετέλεσα, καὶ ἔτι μευ ἐν τῷ ἱρῷ καὶ ὁ πλόκαμοσ καὶ τὸ οὔνομα. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 60:7)
  • ἑξῆσ δὲ τὰ Μέγαρα καὶ Νῖσοσ καὶ Σκύλλα καὶ πορφυροῦσ πλόκαμοσ καὶ Μίνωοσ πόροσ καὶ περὶ τὴν εὐεργέτιν ἀχαριστία. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 41:1)
  • καὶ πρόχειλόσ ἐστι καὶ λεπτὸσ ἄγαν τοῖν σκελοῖν, καὶ ἐφθέγγετο ἐπισεσυρμένον τι καὶ συνεχὲσ καὶ ἐπίτροχον, Ἑλληνιστὶ μέν, ἐσ τὸ πάτριον δὲ τῷ ψόφῳ καὶ τῷ τῆσ φωνῆσ τόνῳ, ἡ κόμη δὲ καὶ ἐσ τοὐπίσω ὁ πλόκαμοσ συνεσπειραμένοσ οὐκ ἐλεύθερον αὐτόν φησιν εἶναι. (Lucian, 5:1)
  • πλόκαμόσ τε γάρ σου ταναόσ, οὐ πάλησ ὕπο, γένυν παρ’ αὐτὴν κεχυμένοσ, πόθου πλέωσ· (Euripides, episode 2:2)
  • ἱερὸσ ὁ πλόκαμοσ· (Euripides, episode 3:23)

Synonyms

  1. a lock or braid of hair

Related

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

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