λόφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[back of the neck]]; of a [[horse]], [[withers]], <span class="bibl">Il.23.508</span>; ὑποζυγίων Dsc.4.185; of a [[man]], [[nape of the neck]], <span class="bibl">Il.10.573</span>: metaph., [[ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον ἔχειν]] = [[have the neck under the yoke]], i.e. [[obey patiently]], <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ant.</span>292</span>; cf. [[εὔλοφος]] ''ΙΙ''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[crest of a hill]], [[ridge]], <span class="bibl">Od.11.596</span>, <span class="bibl">16.471</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.124</span>; so always in Pi., as <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>8.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>5.46</span>, and in <span class="bibl">Th.4.124</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>682b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[crest]] of a [[helmet]], κυνέην… ἵππουριν, δεινὸν δὲ λόφος καθύπερθεν ἔνευεν <span class="bibl">Il.16.138</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.469</span>, <span class="bibl">15.537</span>; λεῦκοι ἴππιοι λ. <span class="bibl">Alc.15.2</span>; χρύσεος λ. <span class="bibl">Il.18.612</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.383</span>; τρεῖς κατασκίους λ. σείει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>384</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>575</span>, <span class="bibl">586</span>; λόφων ἐπένευον ἔθειραι <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.186</span>; of Carian origin acc. to <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.171</span>; λ. τε σείων Κάρικον <span class="bibl">Alc.22</span>; <b class="b3">λ. ὑακινθοβαφής</b>, on a Persian helmet, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.4.2</span>; λ. τρίχινοι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>5.533.7</span> (iii B.C.); Ar. jeers at the [[λόφοι]] of Lamachus, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span>575</span>, <span class="bibl">586</span>, <span class="bibl">965</span> sq., <span class="bibl">1074</span>.—Rare in any of these senses in Att. Prose. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., [[crest]] or [[tuft]] on the head of birds, whether of feathers, as the lark's crest, <span class="bibl">Simon.68</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>617b20</span>; or of flesh, as the cock's [[comb]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>496</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>1366</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>486b13</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.188 S.: metaph., ῥήματα… ὀφρῦς ἔχοντα καὶ λόφους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>925</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of men, [[tuft of hair]] upon the crown, [[λόφους κείρεσθαι]] = [[shave]] so as to [[leave]] [[tuft]]s, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.175</span>; [[Χῖος λόφος]] = a [[tonsure]] in the middle of the [[head]], <span class="bibl">Eust.1462.38</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of large fishes, = [[λοφιά]], Plu.2.978a.</span>