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|Definition=Ion. λοφ-ῐή, ἡ, (λόφος) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[mane]] or [[bristly ridge]] on the back of animals, [[mane]] of horses, [[bristly back]] of boars and hyenas (cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>658a30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span> 498b30</span>, <span class="bibl">579b16</span>), <b class="b3">φρίξας εὖ λοφιήν</b>, of a wild boar, <span class="bibl">Od.19.446</span>; ὀρθὰς ἐν λοφιῇ φρίσσει τρίχας ἀμφί τε δειρήν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>391</span>; <b class="b3">ἀντὶ λόφου ἡ λοφιὴ κατέχρα</b> [[the mane]] served for a plume, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.70</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.71</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[backfin]] of dolphins and similar fishes, <span class="bibl">D.S.3.41</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.222 (Antiphil.), <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>1.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[λόφος]] ''ΙΙ'', [[ridge]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jo.</span>15.2</span>, al., <span class="title">AP</span>9.249 (Maec.).</span>