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πλοκαμίς

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Transliteration A: plokamís Transliteration B: plokamis Transliteration C: plokamis Beta Code: plokami/s

English (LSJ)

ῖδος, ἡ, poet. for sq.,

   A lock or braid of hair, Euph.140, Bion 1.20, Nonn.D.4.133, 5.385: collectively in sg., braided hair, τοῦ τὰν πλοκαμῖδα φορεῦντος Theoc.13.7.    II = πλεκτάνη 11, in pl., Opp.H.2.125, C.3.179.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πλοκᾰμίς: -ῖδος, ἡ, ποιητ. ἀντὶ πλόκαμος, πλεξίδα μαλλίων, κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον γυναικείας κόμης, ἐν τῷ πληθ., Βίων 1. 20, Εὐφορίων 52, κατὰ τὸν Σχολ. «τοῦ φέροντος πλόκαμον, τοῦ ἔχοντος τὰς τρίχας πεπλεγμένας», περιληπτικῶς ἐν τῷ ἑνικῷ, «σγουρὰ μαλλ~ιά», κόμη οὔλη, τῶ τὰν πλοκαμῖδα φορεῦντος Θεόκρ. 13. 7. ― Κατὰ τὸν Φώτ. (σ. 434, 22): «πλοκαμίς, ὁ οὖλος βόστρυχος... καὶ τῶν τριχῶν ἡ ἐμπλοκή».