κομάω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

κόμη (kómē, hair of the head) +‎ -άω (-áō).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κομάω (komáō)

  1. to have long hair

Conjugation

A perfect mediopassive participle κεκομημένος (kekomēménos) is attested once.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόμη (> DER > Denominative κομάω)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 743-4

Further reading

  • κομάω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κομάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κομάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κομάω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011