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Headword: Κομμός
Adler number: kappa,2009
Translated headword: care in dress; dirge, lament
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Excessive adornment.[1]
"An innumerable multitude of women led with lament and wailing."[2] That is, with weeping and mourning.[2]
Greek Original:
Κομμός: περίεργος κόσμησις. ἡγεῖτο γυναικῶν μυρία πληθὺς μετὰ κομμοῦ καὶ ὀλολυγῆς. τουτέστι γόου καὶ ὀδυρμοῦ.
Notes:
cf. kappa 2010, kappa 2014.
[1] Similarly glossed in the Lexica Segueriana and Hesychius. See generally LSJ s.v. κομμός (B).
[2] Nicolaus of Damascus, FGrH 90 F68.3 (on Cyrus and Croesus). See generally LSJ s.v. κομμός (A).
Keywords: clothing; daily life; definition; ethics; historiography; history; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 11 December 2008@12:49:25.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 12 December 2008@02:59:19.
David Whitehead (another x-ref;) on 12 December 2008@03:01:06.

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