hair

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

single hair: P. and V. θρίξ, ἡ.

collectively, hair of the head: P. and V. θρίξ, ἡ, or pl., κόμη, ἡ (Plato but rare P.), V. ἔθειρα, ἡ, or pl., χαίτη, ἡ, τρίχωμα, τό; see also beard.

hair of animals, mane: P. and V. χαίτη, ἡ (Xen. also Ar.), V. ἔθειρα, ἡ.

made of hair, adj.: P. τρίχινος.

let the hair grow, v.: Ar. and P. κομᾶν.

with long hair, adj.: Ar. and P. κομήτης.

having his hair just streaked with white: V. χνοάζων ἄρτι λευκανθὲς κάρα (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 742).

down, subs.: see down.

lock of hair: see lock.

split hairs, v.: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. στενολεσχεῖν, λεπτολογεῖν.