κουρά
Ἴση λεαίνης καὶ γυναικὸς ὠμότης → Feritas leaenae quanta, tanta et feminae → Der Löwin Wildheit ist die selbe wie der Frau
English (LSJ)
Ion. κορή, ἡ, (κείρω)
A cropping of the hair, τῶν τριχῶν τὴν κ. κείρεσθαι Hdt.3.8; κουρᾶς δεῖσθαι Arist.PA658b20; ἐν χρῷ κ. Diocl. Fr.141: freq. as a sign of mourning, κ. πενθίμῳ E.Alc.512, Or.458; κουραῖσι καὶ θρήνοισι Id.Hel.1054; κουραῖς διατετιλμένης φόβην S.Fr. 659.7. 2 generally, cropping, lopping, δρυοτομικὴ καὶ κ. σύμπασα Pl.Plt.288d; of animals that feed on grass, Arist.PA693a17. 3 shearing of sheep, Porph.Abst.3.26, PThead.8.6 (iv A. D.). II that which is cut off: 1 lock of hair, A.Ch.226. 2 wool shorn, fleece, PCair.Zen.433.26 (pl., iii B. C.); κουρᾷ κοσμοῦντα θρέμματα Porph.Abst.3.19: pl., κουρὰς προβάτων καὶ γάλα βοῶν ib.18. 3 cut-off end, σφηνός Ph.Bel.67.12; δοκῶν Inscr.Délos442A157 (ii B. C.); ἡ κάτω κ., of a rod, Hero Dioptr.5: in pl., slips of wood, Ph. Bel.57.22.
