α1658Ἄμπυκας
headbands, restraints
[Meaning a horse's] bits/bridles/reins; but an ampyx [sc. is also] a band for the hair or a decoration of the head. Thus Homer [sc. uses the word].
Ἄμπυκας· χαλινούς· Ἄμπυξ δὲ δεσμὸς τριχῶν ἢ κόσμος κεφαλῆς. οὕτως Ὅμηρος.
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