κομήτης

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, (κομάω)

   A 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.2p.52U., etc.    III = τιθύμαλλος χαρακίας, Dsc.4.164.1.