κομήτης

kometes

wearing long hair

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 2
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Book V 2
Chapter ?

454c2
454c4
Gorgias 1
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524c4

Dictionary (LSJ)

κομήτης, ου, ὁ, (κομάω) A. wearing long hair, of the Persians, Orac. ap.Hdt. 6.19; of dissolute men, Pherecr. 14, Ar. Nu. 348, 1101, etc.; ὁ ἐν Σάμῳ κ., prov. variously expld., Duris 62 J., etc.; also, simply, with hair on the head, opp. φαλακρός, Pl. R. 454c, cf. Grg. 524c; κ. τὰ σκέλη Luc. Bacch. 2. 2. metaph., κ. ἰός a feathered arrow, S. Tr. 567; κ. λειμών a grassy meadow, E. Hipp. 210 (anap.); θύρσος κισσῷ κομήτης Id. Ba. 1055. II. κομήτης, with or without ἀστήρ, ὁ, comet, Arist. Mete. 343b5, Epicur. Ep. 2p.52U., etc. III. = τιθύμαλλος χαρακίας, Dsc. 4.164.1.

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