λάχνη
lachne
soft woolly hair, down
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λάχνη, ἡ,
‹ All lexicon entries soft woolly hair, down, as of the first beard, πρίν σφωϊν . . πυκάσαι γένυς εὐανθέϊ λάχνῃ Od. 11.320; ὅτε λάχναι νιν μέλαν γένειον ἔρεφον 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, Philops. 24; of the hair or fur of wild beasts, λάχνῃ δέρμα κατάσκιον Op. 513; of the bearʼs or polecatʼs fur, C. 3.140, Th. 690; of sheepʼs wool, Tr. 690, C. 2.379; of oxʼs hair, 1.325: in pl., of the hedgehogʼs quills, Fort. 2.98d, H. 2.369.
II. metaph., leafage, Al. 410, H. 4.167, 380 (pl.).