λάχνη

lachne

soft woolly hair, down

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 2
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Book 2 1
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2219
Book 10 1
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10134
Odyssey 1
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Book 11 1
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11320

Dictionary (LSJ)

λάχνη, ἡ, A. soft woolly hair, down, as of the first beard, πρίν σφωϊν . . πυκάσαι γένυς εὐανθέϊ λάχνῃ Od. 11.320; ὅτε λάχναι νιν μέλαν γένειον ἔρεφον Pi. O. 1.68; of the thin hair on Thersites’ head, ψεδνὴ δʼ ἐπενήνοθε λ. Il. 2.219; of the soft nap or pile on cloth, οὔλη δʼ ἐπενήνοθε λ. 10.134; of the scanty hairs on the elephant, Luc. Philops. 24; of the hair or fur of wild beasts, λάχνῃ δέρμα κατάσκιον Hes. Op. 513; of the bearʼs or polecatʼs fur, Opp. C. 3.140, Nic. Th. 690; of sheepʼs wool, S. Tr. 690, Opp. C. 2.379; of oxʼs hair, A.R. 1.325: in pl., of the hedgehogʼs quills, Plu. 2.98d, Opp. H. 2.369. II. metaph., leafage, Nic. Al. 410, Opp. H. 4.167, 380 (pl.).

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