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|Definition=Ion. [[κομέω]], ([[κόμη]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[let the hair grow long]], Ἄβαντες ὄπιθεν κομόωντες <span class="bibl">Il.2.542</span>; κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοί <span class="bibl">3.43</span>, al.; κ. τὴν κεφαλήν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.168</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ὀπίσω κ. τῆς κεφαλῆς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">180</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπὶ δεξιὰ τῶν κεφαλέων κ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">191</span>; τὸ γένειον τῇ κεφαλῇ ὁμοίως κ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.28</span>; ξανθοτάτοις βοτρύχοισι κ. <span class="bibl">Pherecr.189</span>; ἄρσεσιν οὐκ ἐπέοικε κ. <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.212</span>; Λακεδαιμόνιοι… οὐ γὰρ κομῶντες πρὸ τούτου ἀπὸ τούτου κομᾶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.82</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1367a29</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>3.15</span>; ἐλακωνομάνουν ἅπαντες... ἐκόμων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1282</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ φθονεῖθ' ἡμῖν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τοῖς ἱππεῦσι</b>) κομῶσι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 580</span>; κομῶν καὶ αὐχμηρός <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1413a9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.6.26</span>; <b class="b3">ἔνορκον ἂν ποιησαίμην μὴ πρότερον κομήσειν</b> (in token of a vow) [[πρίν]]… <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 89c</span>; ἀνὴρ μὲν ἐὰν κομᾷ, ἀτιμία αὐτῷ ἐστι· γυνὴ δὲ ἐὰν κομᾷ, δόξα αὐτῇ ἐστιν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>11.14</span>-<span class="bibl">15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[plume oneself]], [[give oneself airs]], τοιοῦτος ἀνὴρ ὢν ποιητὴς οὐ κομῶ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>545</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>170</span>; <b class="b3">οὗτος ἐπὶ τυραννίδι ἐκόμησε</b> [[aimed at]] the monarchy, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.71</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷ κομᾷς</b>; on what [[do you plume yourself]]? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1317</span>; μηδὲν ταύτῃ γε κομήσῃς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pl.</span>572</span>; κ. ἐπὶ κάλλει <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>45</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' Ἠρίννῃ κ</b>., of her lover, <span class="title">AP</span>11.322 (Antiphan.): c.dat., <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.192</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of horses, χρυσέῃσιν ἐθείρῃσιν κομόωντε <span class="bibl">Il.8.42</span>, <span class="bibl">13.24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of the hair itself, to [[be long]], <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., of trees, plants, etc., [<b class="b3">οὖθαρ ἀρούρης] μέλλεν ἄφαρ ταναοῖσι κομήσειν ἀσταχύεσσιν</b> soon were the [[field]]s to [[wave]] with long [[ear]]s, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>454</span>; μᾶζαι βώλοις κομῶσαι <span class="bibl">Cratin.165</span>; ἁ δὲ καλὰ νάρκισσος ἐπ' ἀρκεύθοισι κομάσαι <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.133</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.57</span>; αἴγειρος φύλλοισι κομόωσα <span class="bibl">A.R.3.928</span>; ὄρος κεκομημένον ὕλῃ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span> 41</span>; ἡ γῆ φυτοῖς κομῶσα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>397a24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Fr.</span>75</span>; κομῶντα λήϊα <span class="bibl">Procop.Gaz.<span class="title">Ep.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">ἀστέρες κομόωντες</b>, = [[κομῆται]], <span class="bibl">Arat. 1092</span>.</span>