κ2489Κρωβύλος
top-knot
[Meaning a] plait of hair that ends in a point. This [sc. krwbu/los] is the term that was used in the case of men, but ko/rumbos ['pinnacle'] in the case of women and skorpi/os ['scorpion'] in the case of children. Also…
Κρωβύλος· πλέγμα τριχῶν εἰς ὀξὺ λῆγον. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ τοῦτο ἐπ' ἀνδρῶν, κόρυμβος δὲ ἐπὶ γυναικῶν, σκορπίος δὲ ἐπὶ παίδων. καὶ Θουκυδίδης· κρωβύλους ἀναδούμενοι. ἢ κρωβύλον, παρ'…
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