Τριχολογεῖν

to hair-count

Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2011Vetting: high5 revisions

12 words
[Meaning] to count up the hairs and to exercise thought about them.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τριχολογεῖν· τὰς τρίχας ἀναλέγεσθαι καὶ περὶ αὐτῶν φροντίζειν.

Betacode
*trixologei=n: ta\s tri/xas a)nale/gesqai kai\ peri\ au)tw=n fronti/zein.

Notes

  1. Same entry in Photius and other lexica.
    LSJ s.v. registers this rare verb only for its appearance in a Hippocratic case-study (Epidemics 3.17) describing one of the symptoms of a dying Thasian woman; but these lexica seem to be describing something different.

Neighbouring entries

τ1039Τριχθάinto three partsτ1040Τριχοβρῶτεςhair-eatersτ1041Τριχολογεῖνto hair-countτ1042Τρίψειςyou will spendτ1043Τρῖψιςrubbing
Revision history5 revisions · last 29 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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