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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[hair of the head]], Il.22.406, etc.: less freq. in plural, κὰδ δὲ κάρητος οὔλας ἧκε κόμας Od.6.231; κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι (i.e. κόμαις Χαρίτων) Il.17.51; κόμην κείρειν, κείρεσθαι (v. [[κείρω]]) ; [[κόμην τρέφειν]] = to [[let]] the [[hair]] [[grow]] [[long]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.82; κ. φορεῖν ''PGnom.''188 (ii A.D.); κόμη δι' αὔρας ἀκτένιστος ᾄσσεται S.''OC''1261; καθεῖσαν εἰς ὤμους κόμας E.''Ba.''695; κόμαι πρόσθετοι false [[hair]], [[wig]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.2, etc.; δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχεις; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''911; κόμης ἀνάπλεως [[unkempt]], Plu.''Cic.''30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of the [[beard]], Arr.''Epict.''4.8.4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[gill]] or [[branchia]] of the cuttlefish, dub. in [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''550b18: pl., [[arm]]s or [[sucker]]s, Max.Tyr. 4.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[foliage]] of trees, Od.23.195, Cratin.296, etc.; δόνακος App.''BC''4.28; of herbs, Dsc.4.164.7, Gal.6.268; of corn, ληΐου κ. Babr.88.3; λειμώνων κόμαι ''IG''14.1389ii 11; esp. = [[τραγοπώγων]], Thphr.''HP''7.7.1, Dsc.2.143.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[luminous tail of a comet]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''343a1, 346a15.