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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.
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