πλόκαμος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Also πλοχμός, Iliad 17.52.
Etymology
[edit]From πλέκω (plékō, “to braid, knit”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pló.ka.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
Noun
[edit]πλόκᾰμος • (plókamos) m (genitive πλοκᾰ́μου); second declension
- lock or braid of hair, tress
- (in the plural) locks, curling hair, especially of women
- (collectively) hair of the head
- Synonym: κόμη (kómē)
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πλόκᾰμος ho plókamos |
τὼ πλοκᾰ́μω tṑ plokámō |
οἱ πλόκᾰμοι hoi plókamoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πλοκᾰ́μου toû plokámou |
τοῖν πλοκᾰ́μοιν toîn plokámoin |
τῶν πλοκᾰ́μων tôn plokámōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πλοκᾰ́μῳ tôi plokámōi |
τοῖν πλοκᾰ́μοιν toîn plokámoin |
τοῖς πλοκᾰ́μοις toîs plokámois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πλόκᾰμον tòn plókamon |
τὼ πλοκᾰ́μω tṑ plokámō |
τοὺς πλοκᾰ́μους toùs plokámous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πλόκᾰμε plókame |
πλοκᾰ́μω plokámō |
πλόκᾰμοι plókamoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἐϋπλόκᾰμος (eüplókamos)
- μελᾰνοπλόκᾰμος (melanoplókamos)
- πλοκᾰμῐ́ς (plokamís)
Further reading
[edit]- “πλόκαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλόκαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πλόκαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πλόκαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πλόκαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek nouns
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- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
- Ancient Greek collective nouns
- grc:Hair