κόμη

kome

hair of the head

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 12
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Book I 12
Chapter 6 342b25–344a4

343a1
343a17
343a27
343a28
343a30
343b9
343b12

Chapter 7 344a5–345a10

344b2
344b6

Chapter 8 345a11–346b15

346a15
346b4
346b6
Oeconomica 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1348a30
1348a33
History of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 18 549b29–550b21

550b18
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37

1367a30

Dictionary (LSJ)

κόμη, ἡ, A. hair of the head, Il. 22.406, etc.: less freq. in pl., κὰδ δὲ κάρητος οὔλας ἧκε κόμας Od. 6.231; κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι (i.e. κόμαις Χαρίτων) Il. 17.51; κόμην κείρειν, κείρεσθαι (v. κείρω) ; κόμην τρέφειν to let the hair grow long, Hdt. 1.82; κ. φορεῖν PGnom. 188 (ii A.D.); κόμη διʼ αὔρας ἀκτένιστος ᾄσσεται S. OC 1261; καθεῖσαν εἰς ὤμους κόμας E. Ba. 695; κόμαι πρόσθετοι false hair, wig, X. Cyr. 1.3.2, etc.; δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχεις; Ar. Av. 911; κόμης ἀνάπλεως unkempt, Plu. Cic. 30. 2. of the beard, Arr. Epict. 4.8.4. 3. gill or branchia of the cuttlefish, dub. in Arist. HA 550b18: pl., arms or suckers, Max.Tyr. 4.5. II. metaph., foliage of trees, Od. 23.195, Cratin. 296, etc.; δόνακος App. BC 4.28; of herbs, Dsc. 4.164.7, Gal. 6.268; of corn, ληΐου κ. Babr. 88.3; λειμώνων κόμαι IG 14.1389ii 11; esp. = τραγοπώγων, Thphr. HP 7.7.1, Dsc. 2.143. III. luminous tail of a comet, Arist. Mete. 343a1, 346a15.

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