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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cŏma</b>: ae, f., = [[κόμη]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[hair]] of the [[head]] ([[hence]] [[barba]] comaeque, Ov. M. 7, 288), considered as an [[ornament]] for the [[head]]: comae dicuntur capilli cum aliquā curā compositi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 63, 13 Müll. ([[class]]., esp. in [[poetry]] and [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; [[very]] [[rare]] in Cic.).—With adj.: unguentis effluens calamistrata [[coma]], Cic. Sest. 8, 18: [[madens]], id. [[post]] Red. in Sen. 6, 13: fulva, [[ξανθή]], Prop. 2, 2, 5: flava, Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; Tib. 1, 5, 44: myrtea, id. 3, 4, 28: longa, Hor. Epod. 11, 28: nitidae, Prop. 3 (4), 10, 14; cf.: spissā te nitidum. Hor. C. 3, 19, 25: odorata, Ov. A. A. 2, 734; cf. ambrosiae, Verg. A. 1, 403: cana, Tib. 1, 6, 86: virides Nereidum, Hor. C. 3, 28, 10: [[regia]] (of [[Berenice]]), Cat. 66, 93: ventis horrida facta, Tib. 1, 9, 14; cf.: [[dare]] diffundere ventis, Verg. A. 1, 319. —With [[verb]]: deciderint comae, Hor. C. 4, 10, 3: ne comae turbarentur, quas componi [[post]] [[paulum]] vetuit. Quint. 11, 3, 148: componere, Ov. H. 12, 156: comere, id. ib. 21, 88; cf.: inustas comere acu, Quint. 2, 5, 12: pectere, Ov. H. 13, 39: in [[gradus]] frangere, Quint. 1, 6, 44; cf.: formare in gradum, Suet. Ner. 51: longam renodare, Hor. Epod. 11, 28; cf. id. C. 2, 11, 24: positu variare, Ov. M. 2, 412; cf. ponere, id. F. 1, 406: componere, id. R. Am. 679: rutilare et summittere ([[after]] the [[manner]] of the Germans), Suet. Calig. 47: sertis implicare, Tib. 3, 6, 64: Delphicā lauro cingere, Hor. C. 3, 30, 16; cf. in a Gr. constr.: fronde comas vincti, id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: scindens dolore intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62 (transl. of Hom. Il. 10, 15).—So of [[Venus]] lamenting [[Adonis]]: effusā isse comā, Prop. 2 (3), 13, 56; and in a Gr. constr.: scissa comam, Verg. A. 9, 478; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 9, 52; id. H. 12, 63; id. M. 4, 139; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 110.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of animals, of the [[golden]] [[fleece]]: [[agnus]] aureā [[clarus]] comā, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 68 (Trag. Rel. v. 211 Rib.); cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 736.—The [[mane]] of lions, Gell. 5, 14, 9; of the [[horse]], Pall. 4, 13, 2.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> The [[crest]] of a [[helmet]], Stat. Th. 8, 389.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of objects resembling the [[hair]] in [[appearance]] or in [[ornamental]] [[effect]]; [[most]] freq. acc. to a trope [[common]] in [[most]] languages, of leaves, [[grass]], etc., [[foliage]], ears, [[grass]], and stalks of trees, etc., Cat. 4, 12; Tib. 1, 4, 30; Prop. 3 (4), 16, 28; Hor. C. 1, 21, 5; 4, 3, 11; 4, 7, 2; Tib. 2, 1, 48; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 14; Ov. Am 3, 10, 12; id. F 4, 438; Verg. G. 4, 137; Col. 10, 277, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 30; 18, 7, 10, § 53; 19, 6, 32, § 102.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> The [[wool]] or [[hair]] [[upon]] [[parchment]], Tib. 3, 1, 10.—Poet., of the rays of [[light]], Cat. 61, 78; 61, 99; Sen. Oedip. 311; id. Herc. Oet. 727.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cŏma</b>,⁸ æ, f. ([[κόμη]]),<br /><b>1</b> chevelure [de l’homme] : calamistrata [[coma]] Cic. Sest. 18, cheveux frisés au [[fer]] &#124;&#124; toison : Acc. Tr. 211 &#124;&#124; crinière : Gell. 5, 14, 9 ; Pall. 4, 13, 2 &#124;&#124; panache, aigrette : Stat. Th. 8, 389<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] chevelure, toison : comæ telluris Col. Rust. 10, 277, les fruits de la terre ; [[coma]] nemorum Hor. O. 1, 21, 5, la chevelure des bois, les frondaisons &#124;&#124; rayons [d’une flamme, du soleil] : Catul. 61, 77 &#124;&#124; duvet du papier : Tib. 3, 1, 10.||toison : Acc. Tr. 211||crinière : Gell. 5, 14, 9 ; Pall. 4, 13, 2||panache, aigrette : Stat. Th. 8, 389<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] chevelure, toison : comæ telluris Col. Rust. 10, 277, les fruits de la terre ; [[coma]] nemorum Hor. O. 1, 21, 5, la chevelure des bois, les frondaisons||rayons [d’une flamme, du soleil] : Catul. 61, 77||duvet du papier : Tib. 3, 1, 10.
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{{Georges
|georg=coma, ae, f. ([[κόμη]]), I) das [[Haar]], [[als]] natürliche [[Bedeckung]] [[des]] Hauptes, das [[Haupthaar]], a) der Menschen, α) Sing.: calamistrata, Cic.: [[cana]], Tibull.: [[madens]], [[von]] [[Salben]] triefendes, Cic.: [[regia]], der [[Berenice]], Catull.: comam in [[gradus]] frangere od. formare, Quint. u. Suet. – β) Plur. comae rutilae, Tac.: comae promissae et rutilatae, Liv.: comae hirsutae et intonsae, Curt.: comas pectere, Tibull.: comas inustas comere acu, Quint.: comas componere (Ggstz. comas turbare), Quint.: calamistro crispare comas, Hier.: dentibus [[atque]] [[comis]] [[uti]] emptis, falsche Z. u. falsches [[Haar]] [[tragen]], Mart. – b) der Tiere, die [[Mähne]] der Löwen, comae cervicum fluctuantes, Gell.: der Pferde, Pallad.: dah. poet. = [[crista]], Helmbusch, Stat. Theb. 8, 389. – II) übtr.: a) v. den Blättern od. [[haarähnlich]] [[aufwärts]] steigenden Gräsern u. Stengeln usw. der [[Pflanzen]] (s. Hildebr. Apul. [[met]]. 5, 25. p. 369), [[Laub]], Ähren, [[Gras]], [[Stengel]] usw., b. Dichtern, Col., Plin. u.a. (vgl. Plin. 16, 78 arborum aliis decidunt [[folia]], [[aliae]] sempiternā comā virent): arborum comae vitiumque pampini, [[Hieron]]. – b) die [[Wolle]] der Schafe, Poëta b. Cic. u. Col.: u. das Wollige, Haarige am Pergamente, Tibull. 3, 1, 10. – c) die [[Feuer]]- u. Lichtstrahlen, Sonnenstrahlen, Catull. u. Sen. poët.
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