κομήτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ, (κομάω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[wearing long hair]], of the Persians, Orac. ap.<span class="bibl">Hdt.6.19</span>; of dissolute men, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>348</span>, <span class="bibl">1101</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐν Σάμῳ κ</b>., [[proverb|prov.]] variously expld., <span class="bibl">Duris 62</span> J., etc.; also, simply, [[with hair on the head]], opp. [[φαλακρός]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>454c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>524c</span>; κ. τὰ σκέλη <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Bacch.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">κ. ἰός</b> a [[feathered]] arrow, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 567</span>; <b class="b3">κ. λειμών</b> a [[grassy]] meadow, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>210</span> (anap.); θύρσος κισσῷ κομήτης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1055</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[κομήτης]], with or without [[ἀστήρ]], [[ὁ]], [[comet]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>343b5</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.52U.</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[τιθύμαλλος χαρακίας]], Dsc.4.164.1.</span>

|elnltext=κομήτης -ου [κομή] langharig, als ongunstig kenmerk:; ἢν μὲν ἴδωσι κομήτην ἄγριόν τινα als ze zo’n langharige wilde jongen zien Aristoph. Nub. 348; overdr. van pijlen gevederd:; κομήτης ἰός gevederde pijl Soph. Tr. 567; van weide hoogbegroeid:. ἔν τε κομήτῃ λειμῶνι in een grazige wei Eur. Hipp. 210. subst. komeet:. μέγας κομήτης ἐφάνη... ἐπὶ νύκτας ἑπτά een grote komeet was gedurende zeven nachten zichtbaar Plut. Caes. 69.4.