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πλόκαμος

πλόκαμος, a lock

πλόκᾰμ-ος, ὁ,
  • lock or braid of hair, A. Ch. 6, 187, Hdt. 4.34: in pl., locks, curling hair, prop. of women, Il. 14.176; of a man, κομᾶν πλόκαμοι Pi. P. 4.82; π. Τυφῶ, dithyrambic phrase in Ar. Nu. 336; τί πλόκαμοι ῥέξωμεν, ὅτʼ οὔρεα τοῖα σιδήρῳ εἴκουσιν; Call. in PSI 9.1092.47: in sg. also, collectively, = κόμη, A. Fr. 313, etc.; τριχὸς π. Id. Th. 564 (lyr.); χαίτας π. E. Ph. 309 (lyr.).
      • 2 Βερενίκης π., a constellation, Hsch., cf. Call. l.c.; ἡ τοῦ π. συστροφή Ptol. Tetr. 26.
    • II = πλεκτάνη II, Ael. VH 1.1.
      • 2 π. θαυμαστός, = πλέγμα δικτυοειδές, v.l. in Gal. UP 9.4.
      • 3 in pl., of wicker baskets, Id. Nat.Fac. 1.15.

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