καρηκομόωντες

κᾰρηκομόωντες, οἱ, (κομάω)

• with hair on the head, long-haired, epith. of the Achaians, Il. 2.11, al. (sed divisim scrib.): Com. metaph., ἐχῖνοι κ. ἀκάνθαις Matro Conv. 18:—hence Verb καρηκομόω, coined by Diog. Ep. 19.

καρηκομόωντες, οἱ, die Hauptbehaarten, Hauptumlockten, Ἀχαιοί, Hom. oft, die ihr Haar am ganzen Kopfe wachsen ließen, während die Abanten das Haar nur am Hinterkopfe stehen ließen, ὄπιθεν κομόωντες ; καρ. ἑταῖροι Od. 2.408 ; Matro bei Ath. IV.135a ἐχίνους καρηκομόωντας ἀκάνθαις. Das Verbum καρηκομάω kommt nicht vor.

καρηκομόωντες : long-haired; epith. of the Achaeans, who cut their hair only in mourning or on taking a vow, Il. 23.146, 151, while slaves and Orientals habitually shaved their heads.

καρηκομόωντες κομάω

• with hair on the head, long-haired, of the Achaians, who let all their hair grow (whereas the Abantes, who wore theirs long only at the back of the head, were called ὄπιθεν κομόωντες) , Il.