καρηκομόωντες
ὅπλον μέγιστόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετή βροτοῖς → man's greatest weapon is virtue, virtue is the greatest weapon for mortals
English (LSJ)
οἱ, (κομάω)
A with hair on the head, long-haired, epith. of the Achaians, Il.2.11, al. (sed divisim scrib.): Com. metaph., ἐχῖνοι κ. ἀκάνθαις Matro Conv.18:—hence Verb καρηκομόω, coined by Diog.Ep.19.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1327] οἱ, die Hauptbehaarten, Hauptumlockten, Ἀχαιοί, Hom. oft, die ihr Haar am ganzen Kopfe wachsen ließen, während die Abanten das Haar nur am Hinterkopfe stehen ließen, ὄπιθεν κομόωντες; καρ. ἑταῖροι Odyss. 2, 408; Matro bei Ath. IV, 135 a ἐχίνους καρηκομόωντας ἀκάνθαις. Das Verbum καρηκομάω kommt nicht vor.
French (Bailly abrégé)
v. καρηκομάω.
English (Autenrieth)
long-haired; epith. of the Achaeans, who cut their hair only in mourning or on taking a vow, Il. 23.146, 151, while slaves and Orientals habitually shaved their heads.
