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Ἀκερσεκόμης · unshorn-haired (α 839) · Suda

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Near α839

α835uncorrupted
α836uncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished
α837unblemishedness
α838hornless ox
α839unshorn-haired
α840akessa, (?)access
α841to heal
α842Akesias healed
α843Akesios, Acesius

Suda/Α alpha/α839

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Ἀκερσεκόμης

unshorn-haired

Translated by Robert Dyer17 Dec 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

clothing
daily life
definition
epic
mythology
religion

1 note · 6 words

Translation

[Meaning someone] not shearing¹ the hair.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀκερσεκόμης· τὴν κόμην μὴ κειρόμενος.

Betacode

*)akerseko/mhs: th\n ko/mhn mh\ keiro/menos.

Notes (1)

Likewise in Hesychius alpha2335 (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 46.25). From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 20.39, where the headword is applied to Apollo.
Not cutting the hair would imply eternal youth; see generally LSJ s.v. Boys before puberty in ancient Greece did not cut their hair short.
See also alpha 855.

1Either cutting short or cutting off.

Linked from1 entry

α855Ἀκειρεκόμηςunshorn-haired[Meaning someone] not shearing the hair.

Neighbouring entries

α837Ἀκεραιοσύνηunblemishedness α838Ἄκερως βοῦςhornless ox α839Ἀκερσεκόμηςunshorn-haired α840Ἄκεσσαakessa, (?)access α841Ἀκέσασθαι καὶ Ἀκέσαιto heal

Revision history6 revisions · last 6 May 2015

6 May 2015coding — Catharine Roth
6 May 2015cosmetics — David Whitehead
24 Jan 2012Revised — David Whitehead
24 Jan 2012expanded and rearranged notes — David Whitehead
23 Dec 2002added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 Feb 2002augmented note — Catharine Roth
17 Dec 2001Translated — Robert Dyer

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀκερσεκόμης (Adler number alpha 839), trans. Robert Dyer, 17 Dec 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/839

Translation by Robert Dyer for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗