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κομήτης

κομήτης, wearing long hair, long-haired

κομήτης, ου, ὁ, (κομάω)
  • wearing long hair, of the Persians, Orac. ap. Hdt. 6.19; of dissolute men, Pherecr. 14, Ar. Nu. 348, 1101, etc.; ὁ ἐν Σάμῳ κ., prov. variously expld., Duris 62 J., etc.; also, simply, with hair on the head, opp. φαλακρός, Pl. R. 454c, cf. Grg. 524c; κ. τὰ σκέλη Luc. Bacch. 2.
      • 2 metaph., κ. ἰός a feathered arrow, S. Tr. 567; κ. λειμών a grassy meadow, E. Hipp. 210 (anap.); θύρσος κισσῷ κομήτης Id. Ba. 1055.
    • II κομήτης, with or without ἀστήρ, ὁ, comet, Arist. Mete. 343b5, Epicur. Ep. 2 p.52 U., etc.
    • III = τιθύμαλλος χαρακίας, Dsc. 4.164.1.

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