Προκόμιον

forelock

Translated by David Whitehead21 Feb 2010Vetting: high7 revisions

5 words

[Meaning a] lock of hair.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προκόμιον· κόμην.

Betacode

*proko/mion: ko/mhn.

Notes

Same entry in other lexica; references at Photius pi1244 Theodoridis.
This neuter noun is here in the accusative, as the gloss shows; so evidently quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Attic comedy: there are instances in Aristophanes (fr. 321 Kock, now 337 Kassel-Austin: a list) and Menander (Aspis [Shield] 377).
See also under pi 1529 and phi 195.

Linked from1 entry

π1529Πηνίκηwig, toupee[Meaning] a head-covering made out of hairs, and artificial hair. Hence also [the verb] phniki/zein, [meaning] to deceive. Of artificial hair they used to call one kind e)/ntrixon ["wig"], another proko/mion…

Neighbouring entries

π2475ΠρόκνηProkne, Procne π2476Προκόλπιονbreast-fold, breast-pocket π2477Προκόμιονforelock π2478ΠροκόννησοςProkonnesos, Proconnesus π2479ΠροκόπιοςProkopios, Procopius

Revision history7 revisions · last 24 May 2016

24 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
2 Jan 2015Revised — David Whitehead
16 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
22 Sep 2011expanded notes — David Whitehead
21 Sep 2011raised status — Catharine Roth
24 Feb 2010another x-ref — David Whitehead
24 Feb 2010added cross-reference, set status — Catharine Roth
21 Feb 2010Translated — David Whitehead