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|Definition=ωνος, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[beard]], πώγωνα μέγαν ἴσχει [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.175; <b class="b3">φύει π.</b> grows a [[beard]], Id.8.104; <b class="b3">πώγωνα καθεῖναι</b> to let [[it]] grow, Ar.''Ec.''99; ὑποκαθιεὶς ἄτομα πώγωνος βάθη Ephipp.14.7; βαθὺν π. καθειμένος Luc. ''Philops.''5, cf. ''Pisc.''11, Plu.''Ant.''18; π. ποδήρης καθεῖται Id.2.52c; <b class="b3">πώγωνος ἤδη ὑποπιμπλάμενος</b> just beginning to have a [[beard]], Pl. ''Prt.''309a; <b class="b3">τὸν π. ξύρεσθαι, κατακείρειν</b>, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.198, Plu. 2.52c (Pass.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of animals, <b class="b3">π. [ἱππελάφου]</b> [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''498b34; of the fish [[τράγος]], Clearch.73; [[beard]] of the cock sparrow, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''613a31, cf. Clytus 1, etc.; [[wattles]] of a cock, Ammon.''Diff.'' [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[κάλλαια]]; growth under the chin of a serpent, Philum.''Ven.''30.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in plants, Gal.12.420, dub.l.in [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 6.4.5; <b class="b3">γεραὸν πώγωνα</b>, = [[τραγοπώγωνα]], Nic.''Fr.''74.71.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[barb]] of an arrow, Poll.7.158, [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 29.100 (pl.), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[s.v.]] [[ὄγκους]], etc.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">πώγων φλογός, πυρός</b>, [[beard]] or [[tail]] of fire, A.''Ag.''306, E.''Fr.''836.<br><span class="bld">6</span> name of a harbour at Troezen, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.42 (whence [[proverb|prov.]] <b class="b3">πλεύσειας εἰς Τροιζῆνα</b>, of those wearing false beards, Eust.287.14; also <b class="b3">εἰς Τ. δεῖ βαδίζειν</b>, Suid.).