παρωτίς

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ, (οὖς)

   A tumour of the parotid gland, Dsc.2.80, Gal. 16.484, etc.    2 lobe of the ear, Lyc. 1402.    3 lock of hair or curl by the ear, Poll.2.28.    4 Archit., = οὖς 11.2, ornament depending from the end of the ὑπέρθυρον, λίθοι παρωτίδες Rev.Phil.44.250 (Didyma, ii B.C.), cf. Vitr.4.6.4.