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|Definition=Ion. [[λοφιή]], ἡ, ([[λόφος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[mane]] or [[bristly ridge]] on the back of animals, [[mane]] of [[horse]]s, [[bristly back]] of [[boar]]s and [[hyena]]s (cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''658a30, ''HA'' 498b30, 579b16), <b class="b3">φρίξας εὖ λοφιήν</b>, of a wild boar, Od.19.446; ὀρθὰς ἐν λοφιῇ φρίσσει τρίχας ἀμφί τε δειρήν Hes.''Sc.''391; <b class="b3">ἀντὶ λόφου ἡ λοφιὴ κατέχρα</b> the [[mane]] served for a [[plume]], Hdt.7.70, cf. 2.71.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[backfin]] of [[dolphin]]s and similar fishes, D.S.3.41, ''AP''9.222 (Antiphil.), Philostr.''Im.''1.19.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[λόφος]] ''ΙΙ'', [[ridge]], [[LXX]] ''Jo.''15.2, al., ''AP''9.249 (Maec.).