λόφος
lophos
back of the neck
Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λόφος, ὁ, A. back of the neck; of a horse, withers, Il. 23.508; ὑποζυγίων 4.185; of a man, nape of the neck, Il. 10.573: metaph., ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον ἔχειν have the neck under the yoke, i.e. obey patiently, Ant. 292; cf. εὔλοφος II. II. crest of a hill, ridge, Od. 11.596, 16.471, 2.124; so always in , as O. 8.17, N. 5.46, and in 4.124, Lg. 682b. III. crest of a helmet, κυνέην . . ἵππουριν, δεινὸν δὲ λόφος καθύπερθεν ἔνευεν Il. 16.138, cf. 6.469, 15.537; λεῦκοι ἴππιοι λ. 15.2; χρύσεος λ. Il. 18.612, cf. 19.383; τρεῖς κατασκίους λ. σείει Th. 384, cf. Ach. 575, 586; λόφων ἐπένευον ἔθειραι 22.186; of Carian origin acc. to 1.171; λ. τε σείων Κάρικον 22; λ. ὑακινθοβαφής, on a Persian helmet, Cyr. 6.4.2; λ. τρίχινοι PSI 5.533.7 (iii B.C.); jeers at the λόφοι of Lamachus, Ach. 575, 586, 965 sq., 1074.—Rare in any of these senses in Att. Prose. 2. after , crest or tuft on the head of birds, whether of feathers, as the larkʼs crest, 68, cf. HA 617b20; or of flesh, as the cockʼs comb, Eq. 496, Av. 1366, HA 486b13, Rh. 2.188 : metaph., ῥήματα . . ὀφρῦς ἔχοντα καὶ λόφους Ra. 925. 3. of men, tuft of hair upon the crown, λόφους κείρεσθαι shave so as to leave tufts, 4.175; Χῖος λ. a tonsure in the middle of the head, 1462.38. 4. of large fishes, = λοφιά, 2.978a.
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