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Ancient Greek
Also πλοχμός, Iliad 17.52.
Etymology
From πλέκω (plékō, “to braid, knit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pló.ka.mos/ → /ˈplo.ka.mos/ → /ˈplo.ka.mos/
Noun
πλόκᾰμος • (plókămos) m (genitive πλοκᾰ́μου); second declension
- lock or braid of hair, tress
- (in the plural) locks, curling hair, especially of women
- (collectively) hair of the head
- Synonym: κόμη (kómē)
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Further reading
- “πλόκαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλόκαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πλόκαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πλόκαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πλόκαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963