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|Definition=ἡ, gen. τρῐχός, dat. pl. θριξί<br><span class="bld">A</span> (τρίχεσιν J.''AJ''16.7.3 is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for τρύχ-): - [[hair]], Hom. only in plural, ὀρθαὶ τρίχες ἔσταν ἐνὶ… μέλεσσι Il. 24.359; mostly, [[hair of the head]], 22.77, Od.13.431; αἱ ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ τρίχες Th.1.6; [[sheep]]'s [[wool]], Il.3.273, Hes.''Op.''517; pig's [[bristles]], Il.19.254, Od.10.239; <b class="b3">τρίχες ἄκραι οὐραῖαι</b>, of a [[horse]]'s [[tail]], Il.23.519; <b class="b3">ἀνάστασις τῶν τριχῶν</b>, of a lark's [[crest]], Gal.12.361.<br><span class="bld">II</span> later in sg. collectively, A.''Th.''535, ''Ag.''562, S.''El.''451; <b class="b3">τριχὸς πλόκαμος, βόστρυχος</b>, A.''Th.''564 (lyr.), ''Ch.''229; γενείον θρίξ Id.''Pers.''1056; κόμη θρίξ [[LXX]] ''Nu.''6.6; <b class="b3">Ἐπαφρόδιτον… τὴν παιδικὴν τρίχα Ὑγίᾳ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἀνέθηκεν]]) ''IG''12(5).173 (Paros, i A.D.); of a horse's [[mane]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''475; of dogs, X.''Cyn.''4.8 (sg. and pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> a single [[hair]], <b class="b3">οὐδὲ τρίχ[α]</b> Alc. ''Supp.''14.10: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">θρὶξ ἀνὰ μέσσον</b> [[only a hair's breadth]] [[want]]ing, Theoc.14.9, cf. X.''Smp.''6.2; <b class="b3">ἄξιον τριχός</b>, i.e. good for nothing, Ar. ''Ra.''614; οὐδ' ἂν τριχὸς πριαίμην Eup.7.18D.; <b class="b3">ἐκ τριχὸς κρέμασθαι</b> to hang by a [[hair]], Aristaenet.2.1, Zen.3.47; ἀπὸ τ. ἠερτῆσθαι ''AP''5.229 (Paul. Sil.); ἐπὶ τριχὸς ἦν ἡ [[σωτηρία]] Procop.''Aed.''6.6; <b class="b3">εἰς ἱερὴν τρίχα ἐλθεῖν</b>, i.e. to come to life's end, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in ''AP''7.164 (Antip. Sid.), but cf. ''Epigr.Gr.''248.13; <b class="b3">μόνον οὐχὶ τῶν τριχῶν, φασί, λαμβάνεται</b> [[plain as the nose on one's face]], [[obvious]], [[conspicuous]], [[visible]], [[plain for all to see]], jump out, saute aux yeux S.E.''M.''7.257.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Medic., [[vein]] on the right lobe of the liver, Hp.''Mul.''1.43 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] ἡ [[σῦριγξ]]), Gal.19.104.