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|Definition=Ion. λοφ-ῐή, ἡ, (λόφος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">mane</b> or <b class="b2">bristly ridge</b> on the back of animals, <b class="b2">mane</b> of horses, <b class="b2">bristly back</b> of boars and hyenas (cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>658a30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span> 498b30</span>, <span class="bibl">579b16</span>), <b class="b3">φρίξας εὖ λοφιήν</b>, of a wild boar, <span class="bibl">Od.19.446</span>; ὀρθὰς ἐν λοφιῇ φρίσσει τρίχας ἀμφί τε δειρήν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>391</span>; <b class="b3">ἀντὶ λόφου ἡ λοφιὴ κατέχρα</b> <b class="b2">the mane</b> served for a plume, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.70</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.71</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">backfin</b> of dolphins and similar fishes, <span class="bibl">D.S.3.41</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.222 (Antiphil.), <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>1.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[λόφος]] <span class="bibl">11</span>, <b class="b2">ridge</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jo.</span>15.2</span>, al., <span class="title">AP</span>9.249 (Maec.).</span>