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Τοῦ ὅλου οὖν τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ καὶ διώξει ἔρως ὄνομα → Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete

Plato, Symposium, 192e10

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πρόκοττα: ἢ προκόττα, ἡ, Δωρ. λέξις ἀντὶ προκόμιον, Πολυδ. Β΄, 29· «προκότταν· τὴν πρὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς τρίχωσιν· κοττὶς γὰρ παρὰ τοῖς Δωριεῦσιν ἡ κεφαλὴ λέγεται» Φώτ.· «εἶδος κουρᾶς· ἢ κεφαλῆς τρίχωμα» κτλ. Ἡσύχ., ἔνθα καὶ «προκοττίς· χαίτη».