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λοφιά

λοφιά, the mane

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Λόφις Proper-name noun: masculine nominative singular of Λόφις

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λοφ-ῐά, Ion. λοφ-ῐή, ἡ, (λόφος)
  • mane or bristly ridge on the back of animals, mane of horses, bristly back of boars and hyenas (cf. Arist. PA 658a30, HA 498b30, 579b16), φρίξας εὖ λοφιήν, of a wild boar, Od. 19.446; ὀρθὰς ἐν λοφιῇ φρίσσει τρίχας ἀμφί τε δειρήν Hes. Sc. 391; ἀντὶ λόφου ἡ λοφιὴ κατέχρα the mane served for a plume, Hdt. 7.70, cf. 2.71.
      • 2 back-fin of dolphins and similar fishes, D.S. 3.41, AP 9.222 (Antiphil.), Philostr. Im. 1.19.
    • II = λόφος II, ridge, LXX Jo. 15.2, al., AP 9.249 (Maec.).

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