πώγων

English (LSJ)

ωνος, ὁ,

   A beard, πώγωνα μέγαν ἴσχει Hdt.1.175; φύει π. grows a beard, Id.8.104; πώγωνα καθεῖναι to let it grow, Ar.Ec.99; ὑποκαθιεὶς ἄτομα πώγωνος βάθη Ephipp.14.7; βαθὺν π. καθειμένος Luc. Philops.5, cf. Pisc.11, Plu.Ant.18; π. ποδήρης καθεῖται Id.2.52c; πώγωνος ἤδη ὑποπιμπλάμενος just beginning to have a beard, Pl. Prt.309a; τὸν π. ξύρεσθαι, κατακείρειν, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.198, Plu. 2.52c (Pass.).    2 of animals, π. [ἱππελάφου] Arist.HA498b34; of the fish τράγος, Clearch.73; beard of the cock sparrow, Arist.HA613a31, cf. Clytus 1, etc.; wattles of a cock, Ammon.Diff. s.v. κάλλαια; growth under the chin of a serpent, Philum.Ven.30.2.    3 in plants, Gal.12.420, dub.l.in Thphr.HP6.4.5; γεραὸν πώγωνα, = τραγοπώγωνα, Nic.Fr.74.71.    4 barb of an arrow, Poll.7.158, Nonn.D.29.100 (pl.), Hsch.s.v. ὄγκους, etc.    5 πώγων φλογός, πυρός, beard or tail of fire, A.Ag.306, E.Fr.836.    6 name of a harbour at Troezen, Hdt.8.42 (whence prov. πλεύσειας εἰς Τροιζῆνα, of those wearing false beards, Eust.287.14; also εἰς Τ. δεῖ βαδίζειν, Suid.).