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