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πλόκαμος?

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration: plokamos

Principal Part: πλόκαμος

Etym.: πλέκω

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

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

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