hair
From LSJ
νίψον ἀνομήματα, μὴ μόναν ὄψιν → wash the sins, not only the face | wash my transgressions, not only my face
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).
lock of hair: see lock.
split hairs, v.: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. στενολεσχεῖν, λεπτολογεῖν.
