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κρωβύλος

κρωβύλος, roll or knot of hair on the crown of the head

κρωβύλ-ος (parox., v. Hdn.Gr. 1.163), ὁ,
  • roll or knot of hair on the crown of the head, worn at Athens, κρωβύλον ἀναδούμενοι Th. 1.6, cf. Antiph. 189, Sch. Ar. Nu. 980.
      • 2 nickname of the orator Hegesippus, Aeschin. 3.118.
      • 3 name of a πορνοβοσκός: prov., Κρωβύλου ζεῦγος ‘a precious pair’, Lib. Ep. 91.2, Hsch., etc.
    • II tuft of hair on a helmet, X. An. 5.4.13.

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