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Θεοὶ μὲν γὰρ μελλόντων, ἄνθρωποι δὲ γιγνομένων, σοφοὶ δὲ προσιόντων αἰσθάνονται → Because gods perceive future things, men what is happening now, but wise men perceive approaching things

Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, VIII, 7

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κοττὶς: ἢ κοτίς, -ίδος, ἡ, (Δωρ. ἀντὶ κεφαλὴ Πολυδ. Β΄, 29), ἡ παρεγκεφαλίς, Ἱππ. 468. 29, κτλ.· ὡσαύτως, κόττα ἢ κόττη, ὑποκορ. κοττάριον, Ἡσύχ.· πρβλ. κόττος. (Ἐντεῦθεν, πρόκοττα, τρόπος κουρᾶς τῆς κόμης, καθ’ ἣν ἀφίνετο μὲν μακρὰ κατὰ τὸ ἔμπροσθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς, ἐκείρετο δὲ βραχεῖα κατὰ τὸ ὄπισθεν, Πολυδ. Β΄, 29· ἐντεῦθεν καὶ τὸ Λατ. Gotta).