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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">back of the neck</b>; of a horse, <b class="b2">withers</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.23.508</span>; ὑποζυγίων Dsc.4.185; of a man, <b class="b2">nape of the neck</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.10.573</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον ἔχειν</b> have <b class="b2">the neck</b> under the yoke, i.e. obey patiently, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ant.</span>292</span>; cf. εὔλοφος <span class="bibl">11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">crest of a hill, ridge</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.596</span>, <span class="bibl">16.471</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.124</span>; so always in Pi., as <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>8.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>5.46</span>, and in <span class="bibl">Th.4.124</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>682b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">crest</b> of a helmet, κυνέην . . ἵππουριν, δεινὸν δὲ λόφος καθύπερθεν ἔνευεν <span class="bibl">Il.16.138</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.469</span>, <span class="bibl">15.537</span>; λεῦκοι ἴππιοι λ. <span class="bibl">Alc.15.2</span>; χρύσεος λ. <span class="bibl">Il.18.612</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.383</span>; τρεῖς κατασκίους λ. σείει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>384</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>575</span>, <span class="bibl">586</span>; λόφων ἐπένευον ἔθειραι <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.186</span>; of Carian origin acc. to <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.171</span>; λ. τε σείων Κάρικον <span class="bibl">Alc.22</span>; <b class="b3">λ. ὑακινθοβαφής</b>, on a Persian helmet, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.4.2</span>; λ. τρίχινοι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>5.533.7</span> (iii B.C.); Ar. jeers at the <b class="b3">λόφοι</b> of Lamachus, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span>575</span>, <span class="bibl">586</span>, <span class="bibl">965</span> sq., <span class="bibl">1074</span>.—Rare in any of these senses in Att. Prose. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., <b class="b2">crest</b> or <b class="b2">tuft</b> on the head of birds, whether of feathers, as the lark's crest, <span class="bibl">Simon.68</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>617b20</span>; or of flesh, as the cock's <b class="b2">comb</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>496</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>1366</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>486b13</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.188 S.: metaph., ῥήματα . . ὀφρῦς ἔχοντα καὶ λόφους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>925</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of men, <b class="b2">tuft of hair</b> upon the crown, <b class="b3">λόφους κείρεσθαι</b> shave so as to leave tufts, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.175</span>; <b class="b3">Χῖος λ</b>. a <b class="b2">tonsure</b> in the middle of the head, <span class="bibl">Eust.1462.38</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of large fishes, = [[λοφιά]], Plu.2.978a.</span>