κομήτης
οὗτος μὲν ὁ πιθανώτερος τῶν λόγων εἴρηται, δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἧσσον πιθανόν, ἐπεί γε δὴ λέγεται, ῥηθῆναι → this is the most credible of the stories told; but I must relate the less credible tale also, since they tell it
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, (κομάω)
A wearing long hair, of the Persians, Orac. ap.Hdt.6.19; of dissolute men, Pherecr.14, Ar.Nu.348, 1101, etc.; ὁ ἐν Σάμῳ κ., prov. variously expld., Duris 62 J., etc.; also, simply, with hair on the head, opp. φαλακρός, Pl.R.454c, cf. Grg.524c; κ. τὰ σκέλη Luc.Bacch.2. 2 metaph., κ. ἰός a feathered arrow, S.Tr. 567; κ. λειμών a grassy meadow, E.Hipp.210 (anap.); θύρσος κισσῷ κομήτης Id.Ba.1055. II κομήτης, with or without ἀστήρ, ὁ, comet, Arist.Mete.343b5, Epicur.Ep.2p.52U., etc. III = τιθύμαλλος χαρακίας, Dsc.4.164.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1477] ὁ, der Behaarte, langes Haar Tragende; Ar. Nubb. 348 Lys. 661; κομήτης τούτου καὶ ὁ νεκρός Plat. Gorg. 524 c. – Uebertr., ἰὸς κομήτης, der befiederte Pfeil, Soph. Trach. 564; λειμών, die grasige Wiese (vgl. κόμη), Eur. Hipp. 210; θυρσὸς κισσῷ κομήτης Bacch. 1053. – Bes. sc. ἀστήρ, der Bartstern, Komet, Arist. Meteorl. 1, 6, Plut. Caes. 69 u. a. Sp. – S. auch nom. pr.
