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|Definition=τό, in Hom. nom. acc. sg. <b class="b3">κῶας</b>; pl. <b class="b3">κώεα</b>, dat. <b class="b3">κώεσι</b>; later contr. <b class="b3">κῶς</b> (q.v.):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">fleece</b>, στόρεσαν λέχος, . . κώεά τε ῥῆγός τε <span class="bibl">Il.9.661</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.23.180</span>; ἀδέψητον βοέην στόρεσ', αὐτὰρ ὕπερθε κώεα πόλλ' ὀΐων <span class="bibl">20.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">142</span>; χεῦεν ὕπο χλωρὰς ῥῶπας καὶ κῶας ὕπερθεν <span class="bibl">16.47</span>; φέρε δὴ δίφρον καὶ κῶας ἐπ' αὐτοῦ <span class="bibl">19.97</span>; ἵδρυσεν παρὰ δαιτί κώεσιν ἐν μαλακοῖσι <span class="bibl">3.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.32</span>; of the <b class="b2">Golden Fleece</b>, κ. αἰγλᾶεν χρυσέῳ θυσάνῳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.231</span>; ἔπλεον ἐπὶ τὸ κ. ἐς Αἶαν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.193</span>; μέγα κ. <span class="bibl">Mimn.11.1</span>; τὸ χρύσειον κ. <span class="bibl">Theoc.13.16</span>.—Cf. <b class="b3">κῴδιον</b>.</span>