Κομμωτική
for embellishment, of embellishment
Translated by Catharine Roth15 Dec 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κομμωτική· ἀπὸ τοῦ κόμπου· οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ κόπτω. Κομμός, ὁ κεκομμένων τριχῶν κόσμος. Κομμωτικὸς δὲ ὁ ἐκ περιεργίας κόσμος. καὶ Κομμωτικὸν οὐδετέρως.
Betacode
*kommwtikh/: a)po\ tou= ko/mpou: oi( de\ a)po\ tou= ko/ptw. *kommo/s, o( kekomme/nwn trixw=n ko/smos. *kommwtiko\s de\ o( e)k periergi/as ko/smos. kai\ *kommwtiko\n ou)dete/rws.
Notes (2)
- The headword -- which can be taken to imply the noun techne -- is feminine nominative singular of this adjective, evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Plato, Gorgias 465B-C).
cf. generally kappa 2012, kappa 2013. - 1cf. Etymologicum Magnum 526.36 ↩
- 2cf. kappa 2009. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- κ2009Κομμόςcare in dress; dirge, lament[Meaning] excessive adornment. "An innumerable multitude of women led with lament and wailing." That is, with weeping and mourning.
- κ2010Κομμοῦσθαιto take care of oneself, to pamper oneself[Meaning] to adorn oneself with excessive care and in womanly fashion. So Eupolis [sc. uses the word].
- κ2012Κομμωτήςhairdresser[Meaning a] beautifier.
- κ2013ΚομμωτίζωI embellish, I beautify, I pamper[Meaning] I take care [of].
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Revision history2 revisions · last 10 Mar 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- more notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth